A singer of passion, elegance and dynamism, excelling equally in Italian and French opera, Roberto Alagna has numbered among the world's leading tenors for more than 30 years.

Born new Paris to Sicilian parents, he won the Pavarottie Competition in Philadelphia in 1988 and was subsequently declared "the Italian tenor of the new generation" by Opera magazine when he sang in Puccini's La Boheme in London.

His idiomatic phrasing and diction have consistently attracted praise in the works of French composers such as Gounod, Bizet and Massenet, while Verdi's Don Carlos in its original French version proved an ideal vehicle for this talents.

Reflecting the scope of Alagna's career and the distinctive immediacy and poetry of his artistry, this 33 CD box contains his entire Warner Classics catalogue of complete operas and originally released by Erato, EMI Classics, Virgin Classics and Warner Classics.

Artists

Roberto Alagna (tenor), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Inva Mula (soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Roberto Scaltriti (baritone), Nicola Alaimo (baritone), Opéra National de Lyon (opera company), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), José van Dam (bass-baritone), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Patricia Petibon (soprano), Earle Patriarco, Orchestre Symphonique et Chœurs de la Monnaie, Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano), Opera Orchestra of New York, Sumi Jo (soprano), Leontina Vaduva (soprano), Catherine Dubosc, Ruth Ann Swenson (soprano), Samuel Ramey (bass), William Matteuzzi (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Royal Opera House Covent Garden (opera company), Karita Mattila (soprano), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Eric Halfvarson (bass), Larissa Diadkova (mezzo-soprano), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (bass-baritone), Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Michel Plasson, Evelino Pidò, Antonio Pappano, Alberto Veronesi, Kent Nagano