Metropolitan Opera Taps Roberto Alagna to Replace Ailing Rolando Villazón in Upcoming Roméos -
Villazón Cancels Engagements for "Two to Three Months" on Advice of Doctors
August 15, 2007
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News of Villazón's Roméo cancellation is just the latest in a string of withdrawals this summer by the tenor owing to illness. On Tuesday, Villazón's manager, Bruce Zemsky, emailed a statement to the Associated Press, reading: "Mr. Villazon has canceled his engagements for the next two to three months as his doctor had suggested. [...] He has been advised to have this rest after a very heavy schedule over the last two seasons and looks forward to returning as soon as possible."
On August 9, the Pittsburg Post-Gazette reported that the tenor had cancelled his appearance at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's September 15 gala concert. Likewise, Deutsche Presse-Agentur has reported that the Mexican tenor does not intend to take part in a concert tour of Germany this month, for which he was scheduled to sing with Netrebko. Earlier this month, Villazón similarly withdrew from two performances at the Salzburg Festival that would have found him singing zarzuela excerpts with Domingo and the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, under the baton of Jesús López Cobos. A statement released by the festival at the time attributed the cancellations to a long-term illness. The tenor was also to have taken part in three gala concerts with Netrebko and Latvian mezzo Elina Garanca at the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden late last month; he was replaced by Ramón Vargas.
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Notícia de Maio, quando foi substituido por Fernando Portari
Rolando Villazón sigue enfermo
El tenor mexicano Rolando Villazón sigue enfermo y por ello no podrá actuar en las próximas presentaciones de la ópera de Jules Massenet, Manon, en la ópera Estatal Unter den Linden de Berlín, anunció la institución musical alemana
El Universal
Miércoles 16 de mayo de 2007
Estaba previsto que Villazón, considerado uno de los mejores tenores del mundo, protagonizara esa ópera este miércoles y el próximo sábado. La ópera Estatal Unter den Linden informó que Villazón será sustituido por el brasileño Fernando Portari, que actuará junto a la soprano rusa Anna Netrebko.
La dirección musical corre a cargo del argentino- israelí Daniel Barenboim y está dirigida por el estadounidense Vincent Paterson, quien antes trabajó para Madonna y Michael Jackson. (DPA)
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