2 new CD boxes by DECCA

Decca released in October 2 box sets. One of them is dedicated to great soprano voices. Angela Gheorghiu is listed with two songs. * Pace, ...

Dressing Violeta

I saw Traviata many times. In different opera houses and various recordings. Each time Violeta's costumes were different. The dress vari...

Berlin - CANCELLED

One piece of good news followed by bad news. And this is the third cancellation in a row in Berlin, after Traviata and Tosca this Spring. ...

Note by note - Steinway pianos

"Make no compromise in quality" said Henry E. Steinway , the founder of Steinway&Sons . One of the men in the film says "...

Angela at 32nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors Gala

. The Kennedy Center Honors began in 1978, seven years after the living memorial to President Kennedy opened on the banks of the Potomac in...

Pleurez, pleurez mes yeux

. Due to some travelling and lack of internet connection, this post comes with a delay of a few days. But it's better now than never, so...

Culture Minute by The Telegraph

It's a Telegraph.co.uk video released sometimes between November 3rd and November 10th and the producer is obviously fan of another sopr...

Dear Santa... what do you think of Salzbug in August?

. I've been a good girl and I hope you'll read this. As there's not too much time left till Christmas, this is my first letter ...

3 photos from Royal Festival Hall concert

Thank you very much to Martine for allowing me to post the photos. Everybody will enjoy them as much as I do. . They were taken during and ...

Liceu is YouTube-ing

. Counting on the fact that everybody can have a bad evening and opinions reagarding performances are different most of the times, let'...

The Independent strikes

. Auch... It hurts! . This is the second review of the concert that I found. Edward Seckerson is bitter, but tells the truth. He only gives...

A game of 3 halves

I really hope this is the first and last time I read this kind of review regarding one of Angela's concert. First I thought it's a m...

Small changes in program for London concert

. There are some small changes in the program published on the Royal Festival Hall WEBSITE . The differences are marked in green both on new...

Colors...

A trip to the mountains last weekend caused another photo shoot. Along the way there was an explosion of colors. From red to yellow, orange,...

The black market of the Opera

. Almost each product at some point has a black market. Lately I noticed that opera tickets get sold on such websites. It's an "off...

Royal Festival Hall - Angela and more

. November 10th 2009 - Angela Gheorghiu . The program for the concet on November 10th is announced on the web site of Royal Festival Hall ...

"Surprize, surprize" from 2007

. A few days ago I posted a video from this Romanian TV Show and said I would translate it. Somebody else did it insted. The text was added ...

I never sing secretly!

. Back to Singapore - a new interview When I thought it's becoming part of the past somebody published another interview related to the...