60 Roberto Alagna, Morphing Chamber Orchestra, Giorgio Croci

• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901): Simon Boccanegra, Act II Scene 5:
• 1 Verdi: Simon Boccanegra, Act II Scene 5: "O inferno!... Sento avvampar nell'anima" (Gabriele) 04:46
• Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893): Faust, CG 4, Act III:
• 2 Gounod: Faust, CG 4, Act III: "Salut! Demeure chaste et pure" (Faust) 04:50
• Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856): Le Postillon de Lonjumeau, Act I:
• 3 Adam: Le Postillon de Lonjumeau, Act I: "Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire" (Chapelou, Chorus) 04:05
• Friedrich von Flotow (1812 - 1883): Martha, Act III:
• 4 Flotow: Martha, Act III: "Ach! so fromm" (Lyonel) 03:19
• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883): Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act III:
• 5 Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act III: "In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten" (Lohengrin) 05:38
• 6 Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act III: "Mein lieber Schwan" (Lohengrin) 05:11
• Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819 - 1872): Halka, Act IV Scene 2:
• 7 Moniuszko: Halka, Act IV Scene 2: "Szumią jodły na gór szczycie" (Jontek) 06:04
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893): Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH. 5, Act II Scene 2:
• 8 Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH. 5, Act II Scene 2: "Kuda, kuda, kuda vi udalilis" (Lenski) 06:53
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908): Sadko, Scene 4:
• 9 Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko, Scene 4: "Les diamants chez nous sont innombrables" (L'Indien) 05:04
• Charles Gounod: Polyeucte, CG 11, Act II Tableau 2 Scene 1:
• 10 Gounod: Polyeucte, CG 11, Act II Tableau 2 Scene 1: "Nymphes attentives" (Sextus) 04:13
• Ambroise Thomas (1811 - 1896): Mignon, CG 409, Act II:
• 11 Thomas: Mignon, CG 409, Act II: "Adieu, mignon !" (Wilhelm) 02:55
• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864): Les Huguenots, Act I:
• 12 Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots, Act I: "Plus blanche que la blanche hermine" (Raoul) 04:27
• Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736): Lo frate 'nnamorato:
• 13 Pergolesi: Lo frate 'nnamorato: "Ogni pena cchiù spietata" (Ascanio) 05:02
• Riccardo Drigo (1846 - 1930): Les Millions d'Arlequin:
• 14 Drigo: Les Millions d'Arlequin: Sérénade 02:18
• Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919): Au clair de la lune:
• 15 Leoncavallo: Au clair de la lune (Sérénade française)[Arr. for Tenor and Orchestra by Christoph Ehrenfellner] 02:59
• Vincenzo Di Chiara (1864 - 1937): La Spagnola:
• 16 Chiara: La Spagnola (Arr. for Tenor and Orchestra by Christoph Ehrenfellner) 03:08
• Osmán Pérez Freire (1880 - 1930): Ay, Ay, Ay:
• 17 Freire: Ay, Ay, Ay (Arr. for Tenor and Orchestra by Christoph Ehrenfellner) 04:50
• Frederico Alagna (b. 1974), David Alagna (b. 1975): L'Andalouse:
• 18 Alagna, Alagna: L'Andalouse 03:50
• Nicholas Brodszky (1905 - 1958): Be My Love:
• 19 Brodszky: Be My Love (Arr. for Tenor and Orchestra by Alexander Timofeev) 02:30
• Roberto Alagna (b. 1963): Sognare:
• 20 Alagna: Sognare 03:41
• Total Runtime 01:25:43

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60! France’s most famous tenor celebrates not only his sixtieth birthday, but also forty years of an exceptionally rich and varied, and remarkably generous career.

For a man who started out singing in Parisian cabarets, went on to perform on the world’s greatest stages, and already has an impressive number of recordings to his name, what could be more natural than to mark the occasion with a new recording, reflecting the richness and diversity that have shaped his unique career?

A career spent off the beaten track, constantly regenerated, and showing an insatiable curiosity, a temperament, and an extraordinary vocal timbre. Opera, new works, rediscoveries, religious music, sacred songs, operetta, variety, musicals, traditional Sicilian and international songs… exploring every genre, Roberto Alagna captivates audiences everywhere.

Here, accompanied by the Morphing Chamber Orchestra under Giorgio Croci, he presents a programme that is very much in his own image: showing a contagious passion, an insatiable appetite for the exploration of different repertoires and styles, ranging from opera – French (Gounod, Massenet, Thomas, Adam), Italian and Neapolitan (Verdi, Leoncavallo, Pergolesi), German (Wagner, Flotow), Polish (Moniuszko) and Russian (Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov) – to Italian and French songs, English and South American crossover music… and, as is his wont, the inimitable tenor also has some surprises up his sleeve!

Roberto Alagna, tenor
Morphing Chamber, Orchestra
Giorgio Croci, conductor

Roberto Alagna
was born in Clichy-sous-Bois, France. Shortly after winning first prize at the international ‘Luciano Pavarotti’ competition in Philadelphia in 1988, he was invited by Glyndebourne to sing Alfredo / LA TRAVIATA.

This was quickly followed by an invitation from the Teatro alla Scala, where he thrilled audiences in this very role under the direction of Riccardo Muti. He was also convincing there as the Duke / RIGOLETTO and Rodolfo / LA BOHEME. His sphere of activity soon extended to the major theatres in New York, Vienna and London. Alagna opened up a new range of roles in 1994 with his interpretation of Roméo in Gounod's ROMEO ET JULIETTE - from then on he also devoted himself to the French repertoire, succeeding as Werther, Faust and Don José. He also established himself as an outstanding interpreter of the Italian and French repertoire as Don Carlo in Paris and London, Des Grieux and Edgardo / LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR.

In 1995, he received the Laurence Olivier Prize, the highest award in British theatre. Since 2000, Alagna has expanded his repertoire to include roles such as Manrico, Canio and Radamès. He also devotes himself to works such as LE JONGLEUR DE NOTRE DAME (Massenet) and CYRANO DE BERGERAC (Alfano).

His discography on EMI includes works such as MANON, WERTHER, DON CARLOS, CARMEN, LA BOHEME, LA RONDINE, TOSCA, IL TROVATORE and Verdi's ‘Messa da Requiem’. Alagna has recorded works such as L'ELISIR D'AMORE, RIGOLETTO and LA TRAVIATA for other record labels. In 2004, Alagna signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon. His first CD with this label was released under the title Roberto Alagna chante Luis Mariano. Numerous DVDs have been released - including AIDA and L'ELISIR D'AMORE on Decca, CYRANO DE BERGERAC and PAGLIACCI on Deutsche Grammophon. He plays Mario Cavaradossi in Benoît Jacquot's film version of TOSCA.

His most recent engagements include the title role in Meyerbeer's VASCO DA GAMA, Nemorino / L'ELISIR D'AMORE, Mario Cavaradossi / TOSCA, Canio / PAGLIACCI, Des Grieux / MANON LESCAUT, Pinkerton / MADAMA BUTTERFLY, Le Juif Eléazar / LA JUIVE, Turiddu / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Manrico / IL TROVATORE, Alfredo / LA TRAVIATA as well as the title roles in CYRANO DE BERGERAC, OTELLO, SAMSON ET DALILA and ANDREA CHENIER, which took him to Berlin, Paris, New York, New York, New York, Berlin, Paris, New York and New York. to Berlin, Paris, New York, Zurich, Munich, London, Vienna and Barcelona.

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