Over a forty-year career, the Franco-Sicilian tenor has performed more than sixty roles, built a prolific discography, and regularly explores popular song. Two operas were even created for him: Marius et Fanny after Pagnol and Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné after Hugo. In recent seasons, he has sung Turiddu (Cavalleria rusticana) in London, Calaf (Turandot) in New York, Maurizio (Adriana Lecouvreur) in Barcelona, Loris (Fedora) in Geneva, Mario Cavaradossi (Tosca) in Vienna and Torre del Lago, the title role of Otello in Puerto Rico, and Don José (Carmen) and Radamès (Aida) in Verona.In the 2025–2026 season, he will perform Paolo (Francesca da Rimini) in Turin, Mario Cavaradossi in Dresden, Calaf in London, Milan, and New York, and the title role in Samson in Berlin. At the same time, he will tour with Boulevard des Italiens, a major program of Neapolitan and Sicilian songs.At the Paris National Opera, he has appeared in numerous productions since 1995, including La Bohème (Rodolfo), 1996, 2001, 2003; Manon (Chevalier des Grieux), 2004, 2022, 2025; Il Trovatore (Manrico), 2003, 2018; Le Cid (Rodrigue), 2015; Carmen (Don José), 2017; La Traviata (Alfredo Germont), 2018; and the title roles in Faust, 2011; Werther, 2014; Otello, 2019; and Don Carlos, 2019.

Roberto AlagnaTenor