Dos cruces roberto alagna biography
Dos cruces roberto alagna biography
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Roberto Alagna
French tenor
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| Born | () 7 June (age61)[1] Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France |
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| Occupation | Opera singer (tenor) |
| Yearsactive | –present |
| Spouses | Florence Lancien (died)Angela Gheorghiu (m.; div.) |
Roberto Alagna (Italian pronunciation:[roˈbɛrtoaˈlaɲɲa]; born 7 June ) is a French operatic tenor.
He obtained French citizenship in , while also retaining his previous Italian citizenship.[2]
Early years
Alagna was born in Clichy-sous-Bois, outside the city of Paris, in to a family of Sicilian immigrants.
As a teenager, the young Alagna began busking and singing pop in Parisian cabarets,[3] mostly for tips.[4] Influenced primarily by the films of Mario Lanza and learning from recordings of many historic tenors, he then switched to opera, but remained largely sel