Opera Chic: "The Tenor's Tenor": Alagna, Deranged

July 09, 2009

"The Tenor's Tenor": Alagna, Deranged

"Le ténor des ténors" speaks.

So much douche, so little time...

Posted by opera chic on July 09, 2009 at 07:13 AM in Roberto Alagna | Permalink

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He looks like a fat vampire!

Posted by: Coloratura Tempura | July 09, 2009 at 07:43 AM

"Le ténor des ténors" - ah well the French are always given to hyperbole!

Posted by: Willym | July 09, 2009 at 11:40 AM

Or a bat in search of a bell-tower! bet he will land in Bologna and nest with all his kins...

Posted by: maguy | July 09, 2009 at 02:57 PM

My French is a little rusty, but does he really compare himself to Caruso? The nerve.

Posted by: Renee | July 09, 2009 at 06:10 PM

Renée = he just compare himself to Don Giovanni. He "just" wants to conquest all Opera House around the world, while doing cross over in the same time (see or ear his record Sicilien)and keeping fidelity of all his public. For Caruso he just explains he pays an homage (tribute ?) to him. So in france, we call that "The melon" alias very very very big head. Ans so modest. Don't worry about it, as long as he can go through the doors without any empeachment, he will go on ... and that probably until he will finds his own limits i suppose.

Posted by: octavie | July 09, 2009 at 07:46 PM

"The absolute king of bel canto"?... please... really? I don't think so...

Posted by: alejandra | July 09, 2009 at 10:09 PM

According to my read of the Google translation (probably almost as amusing as the article itself) Caruso AND Don Juan.

Whoa (to quote Keanu Reeves)

I think douche is the perfect word.

Posted by: Lou Ann D. | July 10, 2009 at 02:56 AM

Is he suffering from dementia? He also looks like he's put on about twenty pounds. He's kinda of getting fat.

Posted by: Les Mitchell | July 10, 2009 at 01:21 PM

In defense of the title, wouldn't a more accurate translation be "the tenor of tenors"?

Of course, this also doesn't hold true...

Posted by: Klaus Georg | July 11, 2009 at 03:57 AM

he says, sorry, pay an hommage to Caruso, at the age of 46, and did not compare himself to Caruso, who died at 48. But, if google translation is better than a native french ....

Posted by: octavie | July 11, 2009 at 08:51 PM

But, see everyone is talking about him.

Publicity is publicity and it can get someone quite far considering how many stupid people trust the ink or Internet rather than their own ears.

Please tell me, why the fabulous Senor Vargas rarely gets "media attention"?

Posted by: Flying Pig | July 12, 2009 at 12:36 AM

I can't get to the francesoir site; my computer tells me "operation aborted". Is this due to heavy traffic or has the link gone down or what?

Posted by: Chris | July 12, 2009 at 10:48 PM

Google translation is so bad it's amusing. That was my point. Also just listened to a youtube clip of RA singing "Deh Vieni a la Finestra -- if you really want to hear something bad.......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHpwaVWF5lU

Posted by: Lou Ann D. | July 16, 2009 at 04:55 AM

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