October 2nd, Berlin, SOLD OUT

It's the first performance of Adriana Lecouvreur . It was sold out only two days after the tickets went on sale. There are just a few ti...

Metropolitan Opera New York - some impressions

. The Met is impressive. Both on inside and outside. It’s not that easy to get there especially if you live in Europe or in any other part o...

Photos of Traviata in Met's archive

Photo@Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera. Taken during the rehearsal on March 25, 2010 at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City . The ar...

Adriana Lecouvreur at Deutsche Oper Berlin - October 2010

Photo@ www.angelagheorghiu.com . Deutsche Oper Berlin announced the new season. The concert version of Adriana Lecouvreur will be perform...

"Fedora" project

In a recent interview for a Romanian newspaper, Jurnalul National , Angela confirmed what Albero Veronesi said some time ago. That there’ll ...

2 new photos from Armida premiere

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Interview during the first interval of La Traviata_Met_April 17th

. The interview is very short. Angela and James Valenti speak about singing in Traviata . Jump to minute 4 to listen to it. Before that ther...

Adriana on both sides of the Atlantic

This small excerpt was published in the April issue of About the House (ROH's magazine). So first of all we have Adriana Lecouvreur in B...

Traviata. 7th performance. Met/April 21st

. This is the 7 th and last performance of this run with Angela as Violetta Valery. The rest of the cast remains unchanged. Yves Abel is ...

Flicka and Friends, with Angela among guests - April 20th

This ad appeared in the April issue of Opera News . Metropolitan Opera Guild Pays Tribute to Beloved American Mezzo Frederica von Stade Two...

"This new production was my call"

. Said Angela in a recent interview given to the Romanian newspaper "Adevarul", speaking about the new production of Adriana Lecou...

Simon Boccanegra - AGOTADO

. Or SOLD OUT . All three performances at Teatro Real Madrid on July 22nd, 25th and 28th, starring Angela Gheorghiu and Placido Domingo. . ...

Traviata at the Met. April 10th. Photos and impressions

. Thanks for waiting. I know that some of you are curious :). The pictures are uploaded on the other blog. Click HERE or on the picture to ...

Traviata. 6th performance. Met/April 17th

. If nothing changes while I'm not here, the cast remains the same (Gheorghiu/Valenti/Hampson) and Yves Abel is conducting. It is SOLD ...

Angela nominated for Female Artist of the Year at Classical Brit Awards 2010

. Classical Brit Awards will take place in London at Royal Albert Hall, on May 13th. Angela was nominated at this category along with sopr...

At the premiere of Armida

Photo@ angelagheorghiu.com . According to the pictures posted on her official website , Angela attended the premiere of Armida at the Met, ...

On a beautiful evening of April I saw Traviata at the Met

. For the moment, just this. So you'll be curious to see what's next and you'll come back. I attended the performance on April ...

Traviata. 5th performance. Met/April 13th. Abel takes the baton

UPDATE - Angela cancelled this one. . . The cast remains the same. But Yves Abel takes Steven White's place. This performance is not ...

Traviata. 4th performance. Met/April 10th

. Same cast, same conductor . . This performance is not broadcasted. .

3rd is the lucky one. Traviata at the Met. It was THE one!

. The 3rd performance of Traviata at the Met just ended. It was soooo different from the premiere night. I don't know how it was when M...

Teatro Real - a whole different story

. Shopping on the website of the Teatro Real was a relaxing activity, opposite to the rush at ROH yesterday. There are still some tickets l...

The Waiting Room at ROH = nerve racking

. It was the last sale of the season at Royal Opera House. There was a long queue seconds after 10am. I already had tickets for what I wante...

Traviata. 3rd performance. Steven White's debut at the Met/April 7th

Met just announced on the website that the conductor for the performance on April 7th will be Steven White . This performance is SOLD OUT. ...

Armiliato: "Angela knows exactly what she wants"

. A nice, long interview that Mrs Armiliato gave to Zinta Lundborg from Bloomberg. He tells how he couldn't refuse Peter Gelb when he a...

Tickets for Traviata and Simon Boccanegra go on sale

In the second part of the 2009 - 2010 opera season Angela will appear in two productions, both in July. And for both of them the tickets go ...

Armiliato, the wizard of Traviata

. With Mr Armiliato in the pit, everybody was happy on stage. According to the article published by Anthony Tommasini in New York Times , M...

Traviata. 2nd performance. The Met/April 3rd

. Saturday evening, April 3rd. Marco Armiliato is conducting this performance, replacing Leonard Slatkin who whithdrawn "for personal...

Traviata. Curtain call on Monday evening

. Thanks a lot, Linda! I'm also waiting for your thoughts ;) .

La Rondine Cinemacast: April 3 & 7 at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, San Francisco

. San Francisco Opera's production of Puccini's La Rondine will screen in high definition at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas (1881 Post S...

Slatkin out. Armiliato takes the baton

. So the change took place afterall. This is good. Leonard Slatkin won't conduct Traviata anymore. Marco Armiliato is in for the perfo...

Maestro Slatkin keeps writing about Traviata. Conducting it might be history...

. It's just a rumor , but when La Cieca "hears" something, it's true in most of the cases. As it was Angela not showing ...