Born in France of Sicilian parents, Roberto Alagna has been one of the opera world’s outstanding tenors for nearly 25 years. His musical origins are also exotic; while studying accountancy he eked out a living singing pop and folk songs to his own guitar accompaniment in pizza parlours until his flukey discovery by Pavarotti led to a plane ticket to Philadelphia and a place in the final of the Pavarotti Competition there.
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