Roberto Alagna

TOSCA (5/12/2015) | REVIEW by Natalia Di Bartolo for OperaeOpera.com (9/12/2015) | "A unique performance, all the emotion of a moment of great music"

 

EXCERPT (translated from Italian): "The bright and chiseled splendor of the tenor’s voice joined the sweetness and softness of the soprano’s one [Maria José Siri], who has proved totally up to the situation. The quality of the duets, in which the opposing vocalities of the two performers are fusing as in a chiaroscuro, was very appreciated by the audience, despite the short time the artists had to prepare together. They demonstrated their great professionalism [...] Alagna’s "Vittoria" was brilliant, his "Recondita Armonia" in the first act, splendid. [...] At the first notes of "E lucevan le stelle ...", the audience held its breath until the end while admiring Alagna’s extraordinary natural skills and technic. The way the tenor performed this aria proved unique by its purity, style consistency, elegance - both on a vocal and emotional standpoint - as well as the intense drama he conveyed. The audience gave him a very warm applause. The packed room hardly contained all the emotion of a moment of great music. "

 

 

TOSCA (02/12/2015) | REVIEW by Susanne Zobl for Kultur Mobil.news.at (3/12/2015) | "Triumph: the ideal type for Cavaradossi"

 

Excerpt: (translated from German)

"The freshly appointed 'Kammersänger' is the ideal type of tenor to perform painter Cavaradossi. He brings everything a tenor could need for this role. His vocal power, his impressive "Vittoria", as it should be, his wonderful tone, upsetting in the aria "E lucevan le stelle" and his "I dolci mani". And Alagna is also a tenor to look at, very aesthetic in his acting and appearance, he has enormous qualities as an actor. Such as the moment at the third act when he has his body riddled with bullets in front of the firing squad: the way he rotates, convulses and collapses to the ground is worthy of a Hollywood style."