'Opera is like boxing: it's dangerous'

Last year, Vittorio Grigolo gave the Royal Opera one of the most dazzling debuts it has ever seen. The tenor that Italy calls the 'little Pavarotti' is no stranger to performing under pressure: his career has taken him from the papal choir to duets with the Pussycat DollsLast year at the Royal Opera, audiences expecting to be seduced by the soprano Anna Netrebko as the gold-digging courtesan in Massenet's Manon received a shock. Netrebko has always dazzled and sizzled, but the show was virtua...

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