Student wanted opera ticket, got starring role
A student opera fan got more than he bargained for when he phoned to get tickets to fundraising concert.
Big-lunged Adriano Graziani was told that one of the stars for the Friends of Welsh National Opera performance was ill and the show might not go ahead.
Luckily Adriano, is a would-be tenor and offered to step in for Wynne Evans, who had been due to appear, but had fallen ill at the last-minute.
After hearing him sing they said yes and the student at Dennis O'Neill's Cardiff International Academy of the Voice took to the stage in front of a 200-strong audience.
Some people will do anything for a free ticket.
"Like a trooper, Adriano agreed to fill the vacant tenor slot," says Andy Taylor, Manager of Friends of WNO.
"He was a great success on the night and he was thrilled to have the chance to sing with Nuccia in particular."
So good was the performance Adriano has now been booked to cover for the role of Rodolfo in La bohème in 2009 and will also sing the matinee performance in Birmingham on 30 May.
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