Alagna

/ əˈlænja /

noun

1. AlagnaRoberto1963MItalianMUSIC: opera singer Roberto . born 1963, Italian opera singer, born in France; a lyric tenor

Example Sentences

Around the same time, agent Alan Green arranged for Tetelman to take over Rodolfo for a concert performance at the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Tanglewood Festival after Piotr Beczała withdrew to replace Roberto Alagna at the Bayreuth Festival’s “Lohengrin.”

From Seattle Times

They included the actresses Nathalie Baye, Charlotte Rampling and Carole Bouquet — one of Mr. Depardieu’s former partners — as well as the actors Jacques Weber and Pierre Richard; Roberto Alagna, the opera tenor; Carla Bruni, the singer and former first lady of France; and Bertrand Blier, the director whose 1974 film “Going Places” vaulted Mr. Depardieu to fame.

From New York Times

Among those present were Messina Denaro's daughter, Lorenza Alagna, who he only met following his capture.

From Reuters

She divorced her first husband and married Alagna; in a curtain speech before they appeared together in “La Bohème” at the Met in 1996, Joseph Volpe, then the company’s general manager, announced that the two had been wed the previous day.

From New York Times

Appearing and recording frequently as a duo, she and Alagna grew notorious for their hubristic demands.

From New York Times