Booed tenor walks off stage at La Scala
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Top tenor Roberto Alagna stormed off stage after he was booed in the middle of a performance at Milan's La Scala opera house, forcing a costumeless substitute to replace him and drawing criticism from organisers.
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CNN.com readers remember Luciano Pavarotti as an opera singer who inspired them to take the stage, a man whose voice gave them goose bumps and the "greatest singer ever." Pavarotti died today, prompting one reader to cry on her way to work.
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Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti left hospital on Saturday after undergoing more than two weeks of tests and treatment linked to his battle with cancer, a hospital spokesman said.
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Rapper 50 Cent becomes the second performer to be booed off stage at this year's Reading Festival.
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The star tenor Juan Diego FlÃ³rez, who has a throat infection caused by a fish bone he swallowed, has been forced to cancel his performances in the Lyric Opera of Chicago production of Rossiniâs âBarbiere di Siviglia.â The company said on Thursday that doctors in Parma, Italy, have advised Mr. FlÃ³rez, 35, not to perform at least through mid-March. For the 12 scheduled Lyric Opera performances through March 22, he will be replaced in the role of Count Almaviva by John Osborn. Mr. FlÃ³rez, left, is next scheduled to sing in his native Peru on March 31 as the Duke in Verdiâs âRigoletto.â Beginning on April 21, he is to portray Tonio in the Metropolitan Operaâs new production of Donizettiâs âFille du RÃ©giment.â ... A knee injury suffered by the tenor Michael Schade has forced the cancellation of his Lincoln Center âGreat Performersâ duo recital with the baritone Russell Braun, scheduled for Feb. 10 at the Rose Theater in Frederick P. Rose Hall. It will not be rescheduled.
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In the history of operatic hissy fits, what happened at Teatro Alla Scala in Milan during âAidaâ on Sunday night was a bravura performance.
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An Indiana congressional candidate abruptly walked off the set of a debate because she got stage fright.
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Tenor Roberto Alagna broke his contract by walking out of a performance of Franco Zeffirelli's "Aida" at La Scala after being booed, and he will not sing for the remaining scheduled performances, a spokesman for the opera house said Monday.
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MODENA, Italy  - Thousands of mourners filed past the open coffin of Luciano Pavarotti in the cathedral of his Italian hometown on Friday, bidding farewell to the tenor whose death prompted emotional tributes from around the world.
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Italy's players and club officials have reacted with dismay to the decision to declare all bar six venues closed to supporters on security grounds.Comment
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Laryngitis forced pop singer John Mayer to back out of a performance Saturday night.
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Luciano Pavarotti, long a giant in the opera world, has signed a contract for a 40-date worldwide farewell tour.
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Top tenor Roberto Alagna, who stormed off  the stage at Milan's La Scala after he was booed in  mid-performance, said on Tuesday he would sue the famed opera  house if they did not let him return.
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Emmitt Smith waved and bowed to the crowd Sunday as he walked off the field for what might be the final time as an NFL player.
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George Michael pulls out of his first live concert for five years after being struck down by laryngitis.
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For opera fans, the sight of rattled tenor Roberto Alagna storming offstage after being booed at Milan's La Scala was stunning. But for those who don't follow opera, what was really stunning was the booing itself.
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Singer Brian Harvey quits I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here, walking out of the camp on Friday.