Vittorio Grigolo will sing next week at La Scala

Vittorio Grigolo will sing next week at La Scala

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norman lebrecht

September 27, 2019

The Italian tenor, sent home from the Covent Garden tour of Japan after being accused of groping a chorus singer, is presently rehearsing at La Scala for next week’s L’elisir d’amore.

Fired by the ROH and the Met, he has has just issued the following statement:

 

In other comments, Grigolo said all he did was touch the false pregnant belly of a chorus singer, who can be seen behind him in this curtain call.

 

He says he offered to apologise afterwards but ‘they took me away, put me on a plane and sent me home like a killer. I am calm about the situation and I await their decision.’

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