In 2007 Paul Potts won "Britian's Got Talent" with a performance of an aria from the final act of what Giacomo Puccini opera?
Paul Potts Paul Robert Potts (born 13 October 1970) is a British tenor. In 2007, he won the first series of ITV's "Britain's Got Talent" with his performance of "Nessun dorma", an aria from Puccini's opera "Turandot". As a singer of operatic pop music, Potts recorded the album "One Chance", which topped sales charts in thirteen countries . Prior to winning "Britain's Got Talent", Potts was a manager at The Carphone Warehouse. He had served as a Bristol city councillor from 1996 until 2003, and also had performed in amateur opera from 1999 to 2003.
Alessandro (opera) Alessandro (HWV 21), is an opera composed by George Frideric Handel in 1726 for the Royal Academy of Music. Paolo Rolli's libretto is based on the story of Ortensio Mauro's "La superbia d'Alessandro". This was the first time the famous singers Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni appeared together in one of Handel's operas. The original cast also included Francesco Bernardi who was known as Senesino.