OPERA CHIC BREAKS NEWS TO BREAK ALL THE BREAKING NEWS THAT ALREADY BROKE!
Opera Chic has found-out that earlier this afternoon, Alagna received an official letter at his super luxury, five-star hotel suite in downtown Milan from Teatro alla Scala GM Stéphane Lissner, with a document serving as the official termination order of tenor Roberto Alagna from Teatro alla Scala.
However, not only is Alagna barred from the theater...It gets much worse: Lissner's termination package decreed that the Alagnas’ must now pay OUT-OF-POCKET for all expenses incurred during his past one-month stay at their hotel, one of Milan's most super-luxury-luxury pads. Teatro alla Scala refuses to pay for his room & board, meals, transportation, and all other expenses that he has racked-up this past month in Milan.
Opera Chic also knows that Alagna was very busy today...not cruising Corso Vittorio Emanuele II for Christmas shopping, but instead at the office of a high-profile lawyer here in Milan to discuss his options for his Teatro alla Scala lawsuit.
Radio Classica Milano is carrying this statement just made by Alagna, "FARO' CAUSA A LA SCALA" (Translation: I will sue La Scala)
The news just gets worse, as Alagna apparently went to Teatro alla Scala this afternoon to show-up for rehearsals, and was barred from entering. His official statement is just depressing, and at this point, Opera Chic just feels terrible for the tenor:
Alagna says,
“They have not allowed me to enter the theater today. My lawyer and I will sue them. I managed to speak to Lissner who told me, ‘Roberto, I care for you. But I cannot avoid it.’ So it means that Lissner is being pushed by somebody else to ban me.”
“Zeffirelli disappointed me because he refused to talk to me. And he also let a friend of mine know that he is seriously considering of firing me from his La Traviata in Rome. A few hours earlier, Zeffirelli told me that I was the best, and now, in my most difficult moment, he turns his back on me.”
“Zeffirelli says to be a ‘Callas fan’. But I ask you, how many times did Callas personally do these things?”
“And Sunday night, I could not go on singing. My throat was closed-off. I couldn’t even speak a sound. Why didn’t they allow me some time to recover the way that they did with Domingo many years ago? He left the stage and came back after a full hour. Chailly has no power.”