Lame excuse, Roberto
Roberto Alagna now says it wasn't the boos that caused him to walk offstage at La Scala; it was low blood sugar.
Yeah, right. You "couldn't stay on [your] feet", but you could raise your arm in a fisted salute. And being booed is sooo much more stressful than singing all of Aida.
Look, I know about blood sugar issues. People who have them carry an emergency stash to get them through the plunge. If that was the problem, and you weren't prepared, that was a lack of professional preparation as egregious as not knowing the notes.
If the guy sweeping the streets outside La Scala walked off the job, he'd get canned. And, being un uomo, he wouldn't sue management for damaging his reputation as a street sweeper; he'd admit he damaged his own reputation.
Suck it up, Roberto. If La Scala doesn't want you, I'm sure you could work for Cleveland Opera for their going rate.
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