Personal Life
Alagna's first wife, Florence Lancien, died of a brain tumor in 1994; they had one daughter, Ornella, who was born in 1992. In 1996, he married Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu. The couple have often sung together onstage, and have made many recordings together both of duets and arias and complete operas. Their joint album, Duets & Arias, peaked at #42 in the UK Albums Chart in May 1996. The two singers also starred in a film version of Puccini's Tosca directed by French film director Benoît Jacquot. In October 2009, Alagna said in an interview in Le Figaro that he and Angela Gheorghiu had separated. Following the separation, Gheorghiu declined to appear opposite him in Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera in December 2009. Alagna and Gheorghiu announced that they were back together in March 2011.
Alagna has worked together on several projects with his brothers Frédérico Alagna and the stage director and composer David Alagna. The three brothers recorded an album of light music, Serenades, and worked together on the younger brother David's opera based on Hugo's Last Day of a Condemned Man. Alagna has often sung Alfano's Cyrano opposite his sister-in-law Natalie Manfrino as Roxane.
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