Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Royal Opera, 20th May 2019
In cricketing terms, Roberto Alagna would be raising his bat triumphantly towards the Covent Garden pavilion. This opening night of Andrea Chénier chalked up the French-Sicilian tenor’s century, his hundredth performance with The Royal Opera. It was in 1992 that Alagna made his house debut in La bohème, shortly followed by an ardent Roméo, where I remember him vaulting the Capulet gates with ease. He’s sung many great roles in that time, including a fine Faust, a sensitive Don José and his charming bumpkin of a Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore alongside Aleksandra Kurzak, who later became his wife.
Sondra Radvanovsky (Maddalena di Coigny) and Roberto Alagna (Andrea Chénier)
© ROH | Catherine Ashmore
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