Famous / Interesting Alagna's Roberto Alagna - leading tenor Roberto Alagna was born on 7 June 1963 in Clichy-sous-Bois, France, of Sicilian parents who had emigrated to France. He has described his family as "a typical Southern European artistic family consisting of generations of acrobats, mandolin players and singers." His first wife (née Florence Lancien) and mother of his daughter Ornella, died in 1994. He remarried on 26 April 1996 to the soprano Angela Gheorghiu. Shortly after winning first prize in the Luciano Pavarotti International Competition in Philadelphia in 1988, he made his stage debut as Alfredo in La Traviata with Glyndebourne Touring Opera in Britain. He went on to sing that role in Toulouse, Montpellier, Monte Carlo, Venice, Naples, Messina, and in La Scala Milan where he had a triumphant house debut in 1990. Roberto Alagna homepage John Alagna - Hollowood movie optical & title supervisor View IMDB portfolio Alagna Ski Resort - Valsesia, Italy - appears to be a famous ski resort in the north neaby Torino and Milan.