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by **DueBaci** on Wed 13 Dec, 2006 1:13 am

and it gets interestinger and interestinger ....

read some more:

http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/5722.html

by **westsiderny** on Wed 13 Dec, 2006 3:29 am

This piece will be published on the newspaper tomorrow:

The odds on a brilliant night at the opera are slim these days. The top singers are trying to do too much
Marcel Berlins
Wednesday December 13, 2006
The Guardian

I don't necessarily approve of the organised booing that performances at La Scala often attract, which resulted, the other evening, in Roberto Alagna ignominiously quitting the stage, but there was a bit of me that sympathised with the protesters. By almost all accounts, Alagna's performance in Verdi's Aida the previous night had been the one big disappointment in an otherwise spectacularly successful production.

by **Big Fan Sue** on Wed 13 Dec, 2006 4:22 am

Everybody has an opinion but that doesn't mean they are always right. Years ago Callas, Corelli, many others sang in WAY more operas a year. I've followed Angela's schedule (for example) and she certainly doesn't overdo it in a year. I'll have to disagree with that last article by Berlins. Caruso sang himself to death at the end of his life. Callas almost died from bleeding to death peforming at La Scala because the show had to go on. If he doesn't like Angela's and Roberto's performances he shouldn't waste his money to go and see them and keep his mouth shut. :evil:

Obviously what Roberto done was not proper and perhaps his performance was not up to par the previous night but at least get the rest of the information right.
BFSue

by **Dubai Lovely** on Wed 13 Dec, 2006 7:43 am

non meritano neanche che noi perdiamo il nostro tempo a parlare di loro!
Sono presuntuosi e sciocchi...degni l'uno dell'altra!!

by **anna62** on Wed 13 Dec, 2006 9:13 am

Brava ! Sono assolutamente d'accordo ....!!

by **Francesca** on Wed 13 Dec, 2006 9:24 am

Comme on dit en latin :

"Asinus asinum fricat " :lol:

(littéralement l'âne frotte l'âne, ou qui se ressemble s'assemble.) :wink:

by **Francesca** on Wed 13 Dec, 2006 9:41 am

Voici une video avec les explications d'Alagna qui se pose en victime.

http://tf1.lci.fr/infos/jt/0,,3367294,0 ... rk=1&e=188

by **Francesca** on Wed 13 Dec, 2006 9:52 am

Un'altro video, stavolta in italiano :

http://mediacenter.corriere.it/MediaCen ... &navName=1

by **sam** on Wed 13 Dec, 2006 11:01 am

degni l'uno dell'altra!!

Certamente!

"Asinus asinum fricat "

hahaha

by **Michelle** on Wed 13 Dec, 2006 1:58 pm

A sad affair all round... Someone should write an opera about it..!

It's got it all - conspiracy theories, histrionics, will the wife stick by her husband?, legal threats. Oh, how will it all end?

by **Darcy** on Wed 13 Dec, 2006 2:06 pm

Michelle wrote:A sad affair all round... Someone should write an opera about it..!
It's got it all - conspiracy theories, histrionics, will the wife stick by her husband?, legal threats. Oh, how will it all end?

Very true. Certainly is the stuff of fiction!

(By the way, Michelle, our opera, "The Merchant of Venice", continues on "Bocelli Rappers and Dog Fans," wherever that's gone... I await your further contribution with bated breath...when I can locate the thread!)

by **jackyd** on Wed 13 Dec, 2006 3:32 pm

jackyd says, " it's gone"

by **Big Fan Sue** on Wed 13 Dec, 2006 4:35 pm

That interview was from 2003. Maybe she changed her mind especially now after what Roberto just did. :roll:

BFSue

by **sofia** on Wed 13 Dec, 2006 4:51 pm

I agree with you,maybe she'll change her mind one day.I hope she will,as intelligent people change their minds all the time.
But ,frankly....I doubt she will,as the lady behaves like a diva......

by **westsiderny** on Wed 13 Dec, 2006 4:58 pm

No, you are wrong! She is a very nice and gracious woman. Maybe a little bit strong minded and honest. She doesn't (or didn't) like Andrea at that time, but as Sue said, we have to take in consideration that the interview took place long time ago. I can assure you that she is not arrogant at all. That she behaves like a diva? She IS a Diva! That's out of question. Let's not drag her and Roberto through the mud, please. What happened is really sad and I think enough has been said.

Just one more thing. As the news develop, I am starting to smell a dead rat somewhere...

by **Francesca** on Thu 14 Dec, 2006 10:05 am

"Angela Gheorghiu, moglie di Roberto Alagna, ha abbandonato la produzione del Don Carlos in cartellone alla Royal Opera di Covent Garden a Londra...."

http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus ... 25354.html

:roll:

by **sam** on Thu 14 Dec, 2006 10:16 am

Ha detto di non essere sicura che fosse adatto a lei e che si sentiva a disagio a farlo'.
Allora perche' ha accettato questo ruolo prima? e perche' ora cambia la mente e dice che sente a disagio a farlo?

by **anna62** on Thu 14 Dec, 2006 5:07 pm

Ma ...che famiglia !!!

by **Big Fan Sue** on Thu 14 Dec, 2006 5:18 pm

Video of the "Alagna Tantrum". http://tinyurl.com/y7k2l5

BFSue

by **jackyd** on Thu 14 Dec, 2006 10:41 pm

Wow, Thanks for the link Big Fan Sue.

by **Michelle** on Fri 15 Dec, 2006 9:57 am

It was a bit bizarre watching that, but it was good to be able to see it for yourself. Rather than criticising anyone, I would like to commend the understudy who 'saved the day' - he seemed to stride on stage full of confidence, despite his lack of costume and the drama that had just unfolded!

by **DueBaci** on Fri 15 Dec, 2006 7:12 pm

...thanks for the video BFS. Hmmm.. only a few boos. I heard a lot of positives in there too. Something else must've been going on .. ya think ? And to storm off like that. He was angry about something.

I remember going to one of Andrea's perfs of L'Amico Fritz in Verona. And seated in the row directly behind us .. was a fella who started to boo after Andrea's aria. He was the only one booing !
Thank God Andrea didn't let it phase him... and he just kept going.

I didn't know WHAT to do ! I kept turning around to shush him .. and he looked so ... so... adamant ! After the perf, I asked what I should do next time. Someone said ... just hit him ! ... LOL !
OK ... If there are any anti-Andrea bums out there reading this !! Be forwarned !! I am gonna smack you with a large purse if you're anywhere near me !

by **carolina1954** on Fri 15 Dec, 2006 7:16 pm

Quite right DueBaci ! I would too.... :evil:

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