The Met says that Kaufmann has withdrawn from the production, which opens on Feb. 12, due to illness. Alagna, who has never sung the lead tenor role, is stepping out of the Met’s current run of Pagliacci in order to learn it.
The Met says that Kaufmann has withdrawn from the production, which opens on Feb. 12, due to illness. Alagna, who has never sung the lead tenor role, is stepping out of the Met’s current run of Pagliacci in order to learn it.