Vittorio Grigolo will sing next week at La Scala
mainThe 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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