A video glimpse into Zefirelli's Traviata @The Met, 2010

. As far as I know this is the first video posted anywhere showing something from this production (that sadly won't be seen again at the...

Piece of news

. According to the February Newsletter from 21C Artists to Watch , James Valenti went recently to Abbey Road Studios in London to record ...

La Traviata goes to Vienna State Opera

This is the piece of news in the interview published today in Adevarul. The interview is signed by Simona Chitan. Angela dosesn't say wh...

Traviata Forever - new interview in "Adevarul"

. It was published today online and in print in the Romanian newspaper "Adevarul". It looks way better in the printed version (2 ...

Della traviata, sorridi al desio! - Royal Opera, July 11th, with photos

. It seems that airports (or waiting in the airport for the flight) bring inspiration. When I found out about this Traviata at Royal Opera, ...

Traviata - first photos and lots of opinions

All the photos @ Catherine Ashmore/ROH . EDIT : one more review - some personal impressions from somebody who attended the performance - Ja...

Sneak peek at the rehearsals

. A coffee from Starbucks replacing the cup of champagne, blue jeans, James Valenti wearing reading glasses, the score, the director (Richar...

It's Traviata time in London

It starts tomorrow in London. 4 performances to come: July 8th, 11th, 14th and 17th. Tickets come and go on the website of ROH and there are...

Traviata at Royal Opera - SOLD OUT

. All 4 performances of La Traviata (Gheorghiu/Valenti/Lucic) on July 8th, 10th, 14th and 17th are sold out. If somebody didn't get a ...

Leonard Slatkin hits again. "She went off the charts"

" If we still couldn't work it out, then one of us would have had to go, but it should have happened after the dress rehearsal ,...

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...

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...

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 ...

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. 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...

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. ...

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 ...