The famous tenor Roberto Alagna invites himself to churches and cathedrals for a series of concerts

Nine dates are scheduled for this exceptional tour in France and Belgium. Roberto Alagna performs sacred songs and more popular songs.

Roberto Alagna, who has had an international career for almost 35 years, has just released a new album entitled Lord. A record imbued with spirituality of which he presents a few titles on the occasion of his tour called Sacred songs. Rouen Cathedral inaugurated the opera star’s first recital.

Meeting another audience

“When you are in a cathedral, there is a kind of serenity that settles in your soul. I have the same feeling when I go to a theater” confides Roberto Alagna who was born into a family of very religious Sicilian origin. So when his producer suggested that he come and sing in churches, the tenor found the idea brilliant but not only because he felt good there.

For Roberto Alagna, who sang at La Scala in Milan or at the Metropolitan in New York, it is also an opportunity to meet an audience who does not attend operas. “There is a possibility of bringing them in much more easily. It’s very simple, it’s not stuffy” he says.

The revolutionary song Bella ciao revisited

In this adventure full of spirituality, Roberto Alagna sings accompanied by Jean-Félix Lalanne on guitar and by Marek Ruszczyński on piano. The two artists with whom he released his last album. The tenor interprets religious texts like Our fatherworks from opera but also more well-known titles.

“I didn’t want to present a program that is aimed at an elite or a community. There, it affects everyone a little bit” explains the tenor. Indeed, on stage, Roberto Alagna revisits revolutionary Italian singing Bella ciao which celebrates the commitment of resistance fighters during the Second World War against German troops. “At the beginning, it is a Yiddish song, truly religious, which touches the soul” he recalls.

Tour Sacred songs by Roberto Alagna – Until May 14, 2024.

After Rouen and Lisieux, the tour continues in Metz (April 30), in Yonne at Sens (May 2), Brussels (May 3), Bourges (May 7), Chartres (May 8), Reims (May 10) and ends in the North at Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (May 14).