TOP 5: Reasons that Roberto Alagna isnt’ a winner
5. Being hated around the world:
Roberto is hated by opera fans and administers the world around. In Italy he is booed, in London he is unaffectionately called Clyde (as in Bonnie and Clyde) by British News Papers. He singlehandedly provides one nightmare after another for Press Agent (and opera legend) Herbert Breslin. If it were anyone else I would say “ROCK ON!” but he just doesn’t get away with much in my book. All of humanity agrees, this guy is a dick.
4. The clip above:
Just look at it. Does he look like a winner to you?
3. Getting owned by Volpe:
The best episode of this I can think of was when Alagna brought notes from his brother to then Met Kahuna Joe Volpe on the Traviata production and what might be changed. He shouldn’t have messed with Zeffirelli, and when this came out in Volpe’s autobiography I understood that he wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed. A victory for Volpe.
2. Loosing the fight with the Loggionisti:
Since ancient times the Italians have felt to need to cheer and boo and carry on like the fools they are at any public gathering. On average they elect a new Prime Minister every Nineteen Months. They have an incredible history which includes Coliseums where thousands of Italians cheered as they watched men fight each other to the death. La Scala, another important Coliseum, is the place with the people of Milano go to see this tradition continued.
The list of singers who have been booed is an illustrious one indeed. Off the top of my head I can name Renee Fleming, Mirella Freni, Maria Callas, Renata Scoto, Salvatore Licitra, Placido Domingo…it’s so much longer. When Roberto Angela dealt with boos, he walked off the stage shaking his fist at the claque.
Roberto told a French Paper, "Have you any idea what it's like to hear people shouting 'Boo!' when I was singing with all my heart and had sung well?"
What a looser.
1. Crazy wife Angela Guergihu:
Any man who lets his wife get herself fired from the Chicago Lyric Opera –after missing 6 out of 10 rehearsals and several costume fittings– because he needed her right then isn’t cool.
"I asked Lyric Opera to let me go to New York for two days to be with him, and they said, 'No.' But I needed to be by Roberto's side at this very important moment," Gheorghiu told the Associated Press. "I have sung 'Boheme' hundreds of times, and thought missing a few rehearsals wouldn't be a tragedy. It was impossible to do the costume fitting at the same time I was in New York.”
Valois wonders if there is more to this story? Alagna fans will tell you he is the Brad Pitt of Opera. Well…I would say that if Opera has a Brad Pitt, it isn’t Roberto. He is maybe more of a Mel Gibson; he was once at the top of the world and is prone to out bursts of Anti-Semitism. For argument’s sake, if Alagna is Brad Pitt, is it likely that Guergihu didn’t want to end up Jennifer Aniston when rival soprano Anna Netrebko (who is Angelina Jolie in this little drama) came along looking all sexy.
The question is who won here? Not the Lyric Opera. Not “Wifey…”bitch lost her job. Roberto, he just looked like a pussy who needed his wife to hold his hand.
The true winner was diva turned director Renata Scotto who was famous for a few episodes of her own over the years, but at the end of the day she always came out on top. Roberto and wife should learn something important here: Scotto still has a bigger dick than you two.
Letting your wife looses her job because she is standing by her man? Not impressive!
3 comments:
Your spelling is terrible! Your posts are very difficult to follow. It's a good idea to spell-check before posting.
Roberto Alagna is the nicest guy and he's a committed performer. The voice has seen a lot of wear and tear but he's a much more enjoyable singer than Licitra or Giordani. His wife is over-rated but so are lots of singers these days.
Ok. I personally dislike the way alagna is singing right now. Again i must refer to that romeo and juliette you praised so much, where he was dreadfully horrible.
And i also think he is probably a prick full of himself.
BUT the clip?!!?! What is the matter with it?!??!? its probably 10 years old or so, and he sounds wonderful! And the ornamentation in the second strophe is refined and artistical, something you do not get very often at a elisir performance...It´´s excellent!
Anyway, would love an insight on that
ta-ta
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