Angela Gheorghiu has released a new statement thanking the Met Opera Orchestra for a surprise gift. The soprano took to social media and said, “Thank you with all my heart to the wonderful met orchestra for the most special gift, it made me cry! I am so sorry and incredibly sad for not being able to receive your gift in {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its production of “Tosca.” The company said that “for the performances of Puccini’s Tosca today, April 8, and Wednesday, April 12, the title role will be sung by Liudmyla Monastyrska.” The change is due to Angela Gheorghiu testing positive for COVID. According to the soprano, the Met’s policy states that a {…}
Angela Gheorghiu has tested positive for COVID-19 and has canceled the April 8 performance of “Tosca” at the Metropolitan Opera. In a social media post the soprano said, “as much as I eagerly waited to return tomorrow on one of my most beloved stages, the wonderful Metropolitan Opera, after an absence of 8 years also because of the COVID Pandemic {…}
In anticipation of her return to the Metropolitan Opera, Angela Gheorghiu noted that she did not want “Tosca” to be her final production with the company. In an interview with the New York Times, the soprano said that she would love to sing “Adriana Lecouvreur” and “Fedora.” She said, “I feel home here. I really adore each centimeter: the dust, {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera.) On April 8, Angela Gheorghiu will return to the Metropolitan Opera for the first time since 2015. Recognized as one of the great divas of her generation, the soprano will perform in the iconic diva role of “Tosca.” Gheorghiu last performed at the Met in Luc Bondy’s production of “Tosca” and she lit up the stage {…}
The Teatro alla Scala is set to present a new production of Verdi’s Risorgimento work, “I Vespri Siciliani.” The work, which has not been performed at the famed theater since 1989-90 season season, will star Luca Micheletti, Roman Burdenko, Adriano Gramigni, Piero Pretti, Dmitry Beloselskiy, Marina Rebeka, and Angela Meade. In a statement Pretti said, “This is a stirring, complex, {…}
Soprano Angela Gheorghiu is headed to The Eli and Edythe BroadStage in Santa Monica, CA for a recital on March 4, 2023. Joining the Romanian soprano will be pianist Alexandra Dariescu and violinist Alexandru Tomescu. They will perform music by Händel, Tosti, Strauss, and Massenet, among others. The concert will be presented as part of the “Celebrity Opera” series. The {…}
Angela Gheorghiu has postponed her recital in Lucca, Italy on Dec. 29, 2022. The soprano took to social media and said, “Sadly, due to cold and flu symptoms since this morning I cannot perform tonight in Lucca. I am always the first one who suffers, because I know how disappointed all my admirers are and how disappointed I am not {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to revive Puccini’s “Tosca” for 15 performances. The production by Sir. David McVicar, which is set to open on Oct. 5 and run through April 15, 2023, will star Aleksandra Kurzak in the first run of performances alongside Michael Fabiano and Roberto Alagna. They will be joined by John Lundgren in {…}
Following comments made on Facebook, in which soprano Angela Gheorghiu called out conductor Cristian Macelaru a “coward” for his performance on July 14, the soprano is denouncing the conductor for disappearing as she was negotiating a performance on the concert. Gheorghiu took to social media and wrote, “My dears, Although I did not want to return to this topic, I {…}
Angela Gheorghiu is set to perform at the Istanbul Opera Festival. The soprano will perform in an open-air performance of Puccini’s “Tosca” on July 20 alongside Murat Karahan and Eralp Kıyıcı, a soloist baritone from Ankara DOB. German maestro Raoul Grüneis will conduct the performance. The set design of the opera has been prepared by Özgür Usta, while Serdar Başbuğ {…}