Big ovation as Villazon returns to opera in Vienna
VIENNA -- He came, he mugged, he juggled, he blew a kiss to the audience. And, yes, he sang - very nicely, too - as an adoring audience welcomed Rolando Villazon back to the opera stage.
The Mexican-born tenor's comeback role Monday night at the Vienna Staatsoper was Nemorino, the lovesick peasant in Donizetti's irresistible comedy "L'elisir d'amore" ("The Elixir of Love").
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To say Villazon made it through the evening without a vocal hitch may sound like faint praise, but given what he has been through in recent years he was probably as relieved as his many fans.