Vissi d'arte @ROH

. Couldn't find something better to end the year with. As Tosca was THE performance of my 2011 operatic year, here you go. Filmed at RO...

La Boheme, reissued by Decca

. La Boheme, starring Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Simon Keenlyside, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Elisabetta Scano, will be released by ...

Merry Christmas!

Dear Angela, Thank you for a year full of beautiful moments. Each trip, each three hours inside the opera house or concert hall mean enterin...

In OK Magazine Romania, December issue

. The entire interview is on OK Romania . But the layout in the magazine is way nicer than online.The interview is mainly about being at hom...

REMINDER: Interview on Radio Romania Muzical, Dec 24, 8pm

" Music and pure emotion with.. Angela Gheorghiu ". I was waiting for this one. I think it's the longest so far. The broadcast...

Angela Gheorghiu & Holograf. New project, audio, video and in concert on Feb 24

Interview + making of the video + guest in Holograf's concert on February 24, in Bucharest . Holograf is a famous Romanian pop/rock band...

REMINDER: Tosca on BBC Two & BBC HD on Dec 24

Puccini's ever popular Tosca from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with a star-studded cast - Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu as...

La Boheme @La Scala in 2012 - dates, cast and tickets

Teatro alla Scala published the dates and the casts for La Boheme for September 2012. Angela Gheorghiu  is scheduled to perform on Septembe...

The program for Essen concert, Feb 11

EDIT : If anybody speaking German could answer this question, please do: if you're buying tickets for this concert from abroad, are they...

Opera à la Mina & Frank

Opera inspired many people. Some singers wanted to try it but did it in their own ways. Mina sung Mi chiamano Mimi in 1972 . Many years befo...

Something I like

No, it's not Stridono lassu :). Although I was tempted to post a new version. For this weekend I chose Vissi d'arte , sung in Puert...

Interview on Radio Classique. Listen!

It's long time since I haven't listen to a radio interview with such pleasure. I would have liked it to go on one more hour. The per...

Interview for The Strand on BBC iPlayer

. Among other things...  Where are the Germans? I would like to sing something from the German composers. Maybe some Wagner and Strauss ... ...

15 dec - Journee star Angela Gheorghiu @Radio Classique,

. And an interview at Oliver Bellamy's "Passion Classique", starting at 6pm (GMT+1).  Olivier Bellamy reçoit la chanteuse d...

Tosca on BBC Two, December 24

BBC Two  offers Tosca as Christmas gift for opera lovers, starting at 2:35pm (UK time). Royal Opera House Musical Director Antonio Pappano ...

Picola Boheme. Qatar. Angela&Roberto

. From the dress rehearsal, as it popped up on YouTube on Saturday. It sounds so familiar... as if I heard parts of it before, but don...

Photos from Katara via Twitter

The lights of the Ampitheatron @Katara Cultural Village

As mentioned HERE , the photo is from the general rehearsal It looks interesting. And there's another confirmation in the press that a ...

Concert in Qatar, a message of hope

In honour of the 4th UN Alliances of Civilization Forum, the grand opening hosted by Oscar winner Jeremy Irons, will feature Vangelis’ orig...

Walk of Stars

Yet another weekend post... Out of more than 2500 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, I found these 11 dedicated to people belonging to cla...

Munich Opera Festival 2012

Speaking of bookings, this is another reminder. If you want to attend La Boheme in Munich on July 17&20 , then you should consider apply...

Tickets for Washington concert (March 3) on sale today

It's morning in America! It's shopping time. Join the queue and get the ticket for Angela Gheorghiu's debut concert at Washingto...

Tosca, short videos

. And 2-3 others on that channel. They might disappear soon they're against YT uploading rules. But until they're there and until th...

Qatar. Where, when, why, who, what

Lots of rumors regarding the event. Info start coming. . Where - Doha, Katara Cultural Village When - December 11 Why - two reasons: Uni...

I always wondered

...how the venues look like from the stage. I wondered what the artists see at the applauses. This is view from the stage of National Opera ...

On the cover of Opera Now

The article inside is similar to others. It gets back to point zero, hometown to ROH via Bucharest (Katona story included), it spices up wit...

On CNN, with Max Foster

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Hear, hear...

All these were posted in the past week, but I thought it's easier to have them all in one place. Two in English, two in Romanian (but on...

Photos, Tosca relay in Bucharest

At the press conference, before the relay With the Director of National Opera Bucharest, Catalin Ionescu Arbore La Wally, during the interva...

Il mio solo pensiero, Tosca, sei tu!

It was difficult, but I made up my mind. I'm selfish and I won't tell you anything of what happened last night at the Tosca relay h...

ROH spring queue. Friends only

I'm a little bit behind with news. It was one of those days when you sit in front of the computer at 9am, 5 minutes later, at 3pm, the s...

Live on Realitatea TV

Liked it. The voice of Romania... the poetry of music. A very inspired producer :) That's what's written next to the name in the scr...