Parla piu piano roberto alagna biography

The career of Alagna could well be made into a novel.

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He was born of Sicilian parents settled in the Parisian suburbs. In the family, everybody sang, and he was not (was he told) the most talented: he was sometimes told to be quiet when his uncle with the sunny voice sang. But he had a calling. He honed his vocal technique listening to the recordings of the great tenors of the past, and following the guidance of an old master, Rafael Ruiz.

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For years, he spent his nights singing old tunes and playing the guitar in the cabarets. But deep inside, he was fond of opera, and his idol was Pavarotti. So when the tenorissimo came to Paris to sign autographs in a department store, young Alagna sneaked through the crowd, managed to approach him and tell him a few words. The right words undoubtedly, as he was then invited to audition by the maestro.