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Angela Gheorghiu

Angela Gheorghiu (Romanian: [anˈdʒela ɡe̯orˈɡi.u] ; née Burlacu; born 7 September 1965) is a Romanian soprano,[1] especially known for her performances in the operas of Puccini and Verdi, widely recognised by critics and opera lovers as one of the greatest sopranos of all time.

Angela Gheorghiu
Gheorghiu as Floria Tosca at San Francisco Opera, November 2012
Born
Angela Burlacu

(1965-09-07) 7 September 1965 (age 58)
EducationNational University of Music Bucharest
OccupationOperatic soprano
Years active1990–present
Spouse(s)Andrei Gheorghiu (div. 1994)
(m. 1996; div. 2013)
ChildrenIoana Dan (adopted)
Websitewww.angelagheorghiu.com

Embarking her career in 1990, she made her Royal Opera House and Vienna State Opera debuts in 1992, followed by New York's Metropolitan Opera debut in 1993. She was catapulted to international stardom after starring as Violetta in Verdi's La traviata at Covent Garden in 1994. Her signature roles include Mimì in La bohème, Magda in La rondine, the title roles in Tosca and Adriana Lecouvreur. She had performed frequently with French tenor Roberto Alagna, whom she first met in 1992 and married in 1996, in concerts and opera productions until their eventual divorce in 2013.

Her voice is described as "...the most instantly recognizable and interesting soprano voice of our time. A liquid instrument of great lyrical beauty with gleaming spun-gold high notes, but a dark, vibrant contralto range, reminiscent of Maria Callas.",[2] and she is considered "the world's most glamorous opera star".[3]

She has made substantial discography primarily with EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics in 2013) and Decca, and holds several Gramophone Awards and honorary doctorates.

Early life and family Edit

Angela Burlacu was born in Adjud, Romania, to a seamstress mother and train driver father.[4] Along with her sister Elena, she sang opera music from an early age.[5] At age 14, she began to study singing at the Ciprian Porumbescu Conservatory, primarily under Mia Barbu. Her graduation in 1990 followed the overthrow of Nicolae Ceaușescu the previous year, enabling her to seek an international career immediately. Her graduation exam took place at the Cluj-Napoca Romanian National Opera as Mimì in La bohème in 1990, the same year she won third prize in the Belvedere International Singing Competition.[6]

In 1996, Elena died in a car crash.[7] Angela's parents then separated and her father became a monk, living in a monastery in Mount Athos. Four years later, after Elena's surgeon husband, Andrei Dan, died, Angela adopted their daughter, Ioana,[8] who studied in the University of Kent and has lived in London since.[9] She decided not to have a child of her own in fear of the probable voice change after pregnancy and that raising Ioana was already a satisfying experience for her.[10]

Career Edit

Early career (1991–2002) Edit

Gheorghiu made her international debut at the Theater Basel in 1991, performing Adina in L'elisir d'amore. In 1992, she debuted at the Royal Opera, London in one performance as Zerlina in Don Giovanni opposite Bryn Terfel as Masetto, and then her official debut as Mimì in La bohème.[4][11] In the same year, she debuted at the Vienna State Opera in the role of Adina, and was engaged as Nannetta in Falstaff in the same season. She became a regular guest singer at the Royal Opera, featuring in consecutive seasons in various opera productions such as Puccini's Turandot (Liù), Don Giovanni (Zerlina), Carmen (Micaëla), L'elisir d'amore (Adina), Roméo et Juliette (Juliette), The Tales of Hoffmann (Antonia).[12] In 1994, she starred in the premiere of a new production of Massenet's Chérubin. In November 1994, she debuted as Violetta in Richard Eyre's new production of La traviata conducted by Georg Solti at the Royal Opera House. The sensation prompted BBC Two to clear its regular schedule on 8 December to broadcast the live performance, which led her to international stardom.[13]

In 1993, she made her Metropolitan Opera debut in La bohème.[14] Since then, she has returned to the company for La bohème, Puccini's Turandot, Carmen, L'elisir d'amore, Roméo et Juliette. In 1999, she was featured in Roméo et Juliette at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and in Mascagni's L'amico Fritz as Suzel at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo.[15] She was featured in Michael Jackson's MJ & Friends in Munich. Later in the year, she sang at the Richard Tucker Opera Gala,[16] and performed at the reopening of the Covent Garden Royal Opera House.[17] In 2001, she performed in La Fenice's reopening concert, "Concert in Honour of the President of the Republic" at the Teatro Malibran.[18] She also made guest appearances at the Paris Opera (Micaëla, Violetta, Mimì) and Salzburg Festival (Violetta, Juliette). Gheorghiu was additionally cast in two opera films: Tosca (2001; directed by Benoît Jacquot) as the title role,[19] and Roméo et Juliette (2002; directed by Barbara Willis Sweete) as Juliette.[20]

Mid-career Edit

Gheorghiu starred in as Magda in Nicolas Joel's new production of La rondine, which premiered on 7 May 2002, at the London Royal Opera. She returned to the production in the London revival in 2004,[21] at her San Francisco Opera debut in November 2007,[22][23] and the Met premiere in the 2008/09 season, which was the company's first performance of the opera since 1936.[24]

In 2002, she sang at the Prom at the Palace, the event that marked the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II. She was invited as a performing artist at the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Concert.[25] In 2005, she sang at the opening the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, in the presence of Queen Sofía of Spain,[26] and Queen Beatrix's Silver Jubilee Gala in Amsterdam.[27]

In March 2003, Gheorghiu starred in Gounod's Faust as Marguerite at the Metropolitan Opera, but withdrew from final performances citing security concerns due to the Iraq War.[28] In July 2003, she debuted as Nedda in Pagliacci with Plácido Domingo in the title role at the Royal Opera,[29] and then performed in La traviata at the Verona Arena. A soprano with a large range and a dark coloured voice,[30] Gheorghiu is also able to sing spinto soprano roles. In 2006, she sang the title role in Tosca on stage for the first time in Jonathan Kent's new production at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Her performance was an overall success, although because the famous Zeffirelli 1964 production, which was designed for Maria Callas, was replaced, there was comparison between the Toscas of Gheorghiu and Callas.[31][32]

She gave performances at the Teatro Regio di Torino, Los Angeles Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. In 2007, she made her La Scala opera debut in La traviata conducted by Lorin Maazel, and returned five years later for La bohème.[33][34] In the 2007/08 season, she sang in two world premieres: Marius et Fanny at the Opéra de Marseille, and Le Dernier Jour d'un condamné, adapted after the novel of the same name by Hugo and composed by David Alagna, at the Palau de le Arts Reina Sofía.[35]

Gheorghiu continued her appearances at the Met as Violetta in La traviata opposite Jonas Kaufmann in 2006 and 2007; as Amelia in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra in 2007; as Mimì in La bohème in 2008; in the Met Summer Concert in Prospect Park, New York City on 20 June 2008;[36] as Magda in La rondine and Adina in L'elisir d'amore in the 2008/2009 season; and for the 2009/2010 season she appeared as Violetta, replacing her previous engagement as Marie Antoinette in a rare revival of John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles, which was replaced due to the recession.

She took part in the "Divas in Beijing" concert series held during the 2008 Summer Olympics.[37] In October 2008, she performed at the Memorial Concert for Luciano Pavarotti in Petra, where she also performed an unconventional duet of "Là ci darem la mano" from Mozart's Don Giovanni with Sting.[38][39] She then premiered a new Faust at the Vienna State Opera.[40] In 2009, she was invited to honor Grace Bumbry at the 32nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors, where she performed "Vissi d'arte" from Puccini's Tosca in the presence of Barack Obama.[41]

2010s - present Edit

In November 2010, Gheorghiu made her role debut in a new production of Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur at the Covent Garden Royal Opera House to critical success.[42][43]

In July 2011, Gheorghiu sang the title role in Tosca at the Royal Opera House conducted by Antonio Pappano which was released on DVD and Blu-ray, and the following September returned there for the revival of Faust, which was broadcast live in cinemas all over the world. In April 2012, she appeared for the first time at the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, in a concert of duets with Roberto Alagna.[44]

In 2012, Gheorghiu was invited as the guest performer at the Vienna Opera Ball.[45] Later the year, she was the guest of honour at the London Royal Opera House gala, organized to raise funds for the Royal Opera House Foundation, which was attended by Queen Elizabeth II.[46] In June 2012, she celebrated 20 years since her debut on the stage of the London Royal Opera House, by performing in La bohème with Roberto Alagna. In July 2012, she held her first master class at the Georg Solti Accademia in Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy. She returned for a second master class in 2016.[47] In November 2012 she returned to San Francisco Opera to perform in Puccini's Tosca.

In May 2013, she performed the Romanian national anthem "Deșteaptă-te, române!" on the day the flag of Romania entered the Guinness World Records for the "World's biggest flag".[48] Gheorghiu returned to the Met in December 2014 to perform Mimì in La bohème to great critical acclaim, opposite Michael Fabiano.[49]

In March 2015 she debuted as Charlotte in Massenet's Werther at the Vienna State Opera to great critical acclaim,[50] and then repeated the role in August at the Salzburg Festival in a concert performance.[51] In July, Gheorghiu made her debut at the Verbier Festival with guitarist Miloš Karadaglić in a special recital at The Église.[52]

In October 2015, Gheorghiu appeared in Australia for the first time, performing in two exceptional gala concerts at the Sydney Opera House and at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne.[53][54][55] Later the month, she performed Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in the Luc Bondy production with great reviews.[56][57] Between her two Tosca performances, she performed at the Richard Tucker Opera Gala, at the David Geffen Hall, which was broadcast on 5 February 2016 on PBS.[58]

In November 2015, Gheorghiu sang at the Elena Obraztsova Opera Ball at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.[59] She co-organized and performed in a humanitarian concert at the Romanian Athenaeum on 29 November to raise funds for the victims of the Colectiv nightclub fire.[60] In December, Gheorghiu sang together with Ramón Vargas and Ghiță Petean in a gala concert at Opéra de Monte-Carlo, from which all proceeds went to the "Fondo Memorial Eduardo Vargas", established in memory of the tenor's deceased son.[61]

In 2016, Gheorghiu returned in the title role of Puccini's Tosca at the Royal Opera House and received great critical acclaim.[62][63] She was scheduled to appear in 5 performances, but sang in a total of 7 performances.[64] She also returned as Tosca at the Vienna State Opera alongside Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel in April 2016.[65] In September 2016, Gheorghiu performed in Tosca at the Berlin State Opera with "loud and prolonged ovation".[66]

2017 marks 25 years since Gheorghiu's international debut at the Royal Opera House in 1992 and celebrates her 150 performance with the opera house that made her a star.[67][68] She performed there in Adriana Lecouvreur in February 2017.[69] On Wednesday 6th September 2017, she performs at the Luciano Pavarotti 10th Anniversary Concert, held at the Verona Arena, singing together with Il Volo, Placido Domingo and José Carreras, but also with Massimo Ranieri.[70] In October of that year she made her house debut at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, again as Adriana Lecouvreur.[71]

In February 2021, Angela Gheorghiu performed in aid of New York's Metropolitan Opera (Met) musicians, deprived of their pay because of the Coronavirus-related cancellations of their performances.[72] In September 2021 was released last studio album Juno to Jupiter by Vangelis in which Gheorghiu performed on three compositions representing Greek-Roman Goddess Hera-Juno.[73][74]

In February 2022, Gheorghiu celebrated her 30th anniversary with the Royal Opera House, reprising Tosca to great critical acclaim.[75]

Personal life Edit

 
Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival

Gheorghiu met tenor Roberto Alagna, her co-star in La bohème at the Royal Opera, in 1992. At the time, they were both married; she was married to plumbing engineer Andrei Gheorghiu.[4] In 1994, Alagna's wife died of cancer. She divorced in the same year, but retained his surname due to the musical background of the family, with whom she still maintains a good relationship.[11][9] They were engaged by 1995, and then married during a run of La bohème at the Metropolitan Opera in April 1996, in general manager Joseph Volpe's office by New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani.[4][11] The couple have sung together often on stage and on studio recordings.

In an interview with The Independent, she cited Alagna's jealousy of other artists with whom she performed, especially Jonas Kaufmann.[76] In October 2009, Alagna announced their separation in an interview with Le Figaro.[77] However, Gheorghiu claimed in an interview with Corriere della Sera that it was she that filed the divorce and that he wanted to get back together.[78] Following the separation, she declined to appear opposite Alagna in Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera in December 2009.[79] The divorce was called off in December 2009.[80]

In a March 2011 interview with the Daily Express she stated that she and Alagna were back together, though she still planned to sing separately from him for a while.[81] They were seen together in March 2011 backstage at London's Royal Opera House where Alagna was performing in Aida. Later that year, they jointly opened the amphitheatre in the Katara Cultural Village, Qatar.[82] In June 2012, they sang together in two performances of La bohème at the Royal Opera House to commemorate the 20th anniversary of their meeting in a production of the same. They also sang at a joint concert in Buenos Aires, and had planned to perform together in Manon Lescaut and Adriana Lecouvreur in future seasons.[83] However, in January 2013, they agreed to divorce.[84]

She has been in a relationship with Romanian dentist Mihai Ciortea, who is 22 years her junior, since autumn 2013.[85]

Professional relationships Edit

On rare occasion, Gheorghiu has had difficult relationships with opera house managements and directors. Some, but not all, of them have stemmed from her opposition to directors who, as she put it in an interview with ABC "want to express their own fantasies, forgetting about the characters. At times, she says, what they put on stage goes against both the story and the music."[86] She has attributed her outspokenness to her upbringing in Romania under the totalitarian regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu:

"Because I grew up in a country where there was no possibility of having an opinion, it makes me stronger now. Lots of singers are frightened about not getting invited back to an opera house if they speak out. But I have the courage to be, in a way, revolutionary. I want to fight for opera, for it to be taken seriously. Pop music is for the body, but opera is for the soul."[87]

In 1996, Gheorghiu was cast as Micaëla in a new production of Bizet's Carmen, opposite Waltraud Meier and Plácido Domingo at the Metropolitan Opera. The production by Franco Zeffirelli called for the role to wear a blonde wig, which she disliked. When the Met toured the production in Japan in 1997, she refused to wear it on the first night to which then general manager Joseph Volpe famously declared, "The wig is going on, with you or without you" and replaced her with an understudy. She then resumed the performances with the wig entirely covered by the hood of her cape.[88][89]

Volpe had planned to engage Gheorghiu in the role of Violetta Valery for a new production of La traviata, to premiere in November 1998 and directed by Zeffirelli. Alagna was to sing the role of Violetta's lover, Alfredo Germont. According to Volpe, Gheorghiu and Alagna argued with the staff and the director over production details and continually delayed signing the contract. They eventually signed their contracts, and faxed them to the Met one day past their deadline. Volpe refused to accept them. The production opened with Patricia Racette and Marcelo Álvarez as the lovers.[88]

In September 2007, Gheorghiu was dismissed from Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of La bohème by General Manager William Mason, for missing rehearsals and costume fittings, and generally "unprofessional" behavior. Gheorghiu said in a statement that she had missed some rehearsals to spend time with her husband, who was singing at the Met in Roméo et Juliette and rehearsing for Puccini's Madama Butterfly and added, "I have sung Bohème hundreds of times, and thought missing a few rehearsals wouldn't be a tragedy. It was impossible to do the costume fitting at the same time I was in New York.[90]

Asked once if she is difficult, she solidly replied: "No, I seek perfection!"[8]

Achievements Edit

Awards Edit

Gheorghiu won the title of Female Artist of the Year at the Classic Brit Awards in 2001 and 2010.[91]

Gheorghiu has won 5 Gramophone Awards. Puccini's La rondine released by EMI Classics won Record of the Year in 1997.[92] Her album "Verdi Heroines" (Decca) won Best Recital in 2000 and Classic FM People's Choice Award in 2001.[93][94] Jules Massenet's Manon released by EMI with her in the title role won the "Best Opera Recording" and was nominated for "Best Opera Recording" in the 2002 Grammy Awards.[95][96] EMI's recording of Puccini's Madama Butterfly won the Best Opera Recording in 2009.[97]

The EMI recording of Tosca with Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna and Ruggero Raimondi in the title roles brought her the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis award in 2002.[98] In 2002, Gheorghiu won the Echo Klassik Award for "Female Singer of the Year".[99] In 2004, Gheorghiu won the Best Opera Recording in the Victoires de la musique classique for Bizet's Carmen issued by EMI Classics.[100] She also won Diapason d'Or Awards, Choc du Monde de la Musique in France, Cecilia Prize in Belgium, the Italian Musica e dischi, Foreign Lyric Production Award, the United States Critics' Award.

In 2013, the DVD of Adriana Lecouvreur released by Decca where Gheorghiu plays the title role won at the International Classical Music Awards for Best DVD Performance.[101] In May 2014, she was included in the Gramophone Hall of Fame.[102] On 2 October 2015, she was awarded the European Cultural Award in a special gala ceremony at the Dresden Frauenkirche.[103][104]

Gheorghiu received the "Victoire d'Honneur" (Honour of Victory) award in the 2018 Victoires de la musique classique,[105] and "Premio Puccini" award from the Foundation of Festival Puccini in the same year.[106] In March 2019 she received the Global Star award in the "BraVo" International Professional Music Award in a ceremony held at the Bolshoi Theatre.[107]

Honours Edit

Gheorghiu was honoured with the vermeil Medal of the City of Paris, and was appointed Officier and Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.[108]

In December 2010, Gheorghiu was presented the Order of the Star of Romania in the grade of Commander.[109] In October 2012, Gheorghiu received the Nihil Sine Deo royal decoration from King Michael I, honoring her contribution to promoting Romanian culture in the world.[110]

Gheorghiu holds honorary doctorates from George Enescu National University of Arts (2010),[111] Gheorghe Dima Music Academy (2014),[112] University of Bucharest (2017).[113]

Recordings Edit

Publications Edit

  • Gheorghiu, Angela; Tolansky, Jon (4 September 2018). Angela Gheorghiu: A Life for Art. University Press of New England. ISBN 978-1-6116-8912-9.[114]
  • Gheorghiu, Angela; Tolansky, Jon (17 September 2021). Angela Gheorghiu: O viata pentru arta. Curtea Veche Publishing. ISBN 9786064409942.[115]

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angela, gheorghiu, romanian, anˈdʒela, orˈɡi, née, burlacu, born, september, 1965, romanian, soprano, especially, known, performances, operas, puccini, verdi, widely, recognised, critics, opera, lovers, greatest, sopranos, time, gheorghiu, floria, tosca, franc. Angela Gheorghiu Romanian anˈdʒela ɡe orˈɡi u nee Burlacu born 7 September 1965 is a Romanian soprano 1 especially known for her performances in the operas of Puccini and Verdi widely recognised by critics and opera lovers as one of the greatest sopranos of all time Angela GheorghiuGheorghiu as Floria Tosca at San Francisco Opera November 2012BornAngela Burlacu 1965 09 07 7 September 1965 age 58 Adjud RomaniaEducationNational University of Music BucharestOccupationOperatic sopranoYears active1990 presentSpouse s Andrei Gheorghiu div 1994 Roberto Alagna m 1996 div 2013 wbr ChildrenIoana Dan adopted Websitewww wbr angelagheorghiu wbr comEmbarking her career in 1990 she made her Royal Opera House and Vienna State Opera debuts in 1992 followed by New York s Metropolitan Opera debut in 1993 She was catapulted to international stardom after starring as Violetta in Verdi s La traviata at Covent Garden in 1994 Her signature roles include Mimi in La boheme Magda in La rondine the title roles in Tosca and Adriana Lecouvreur She had performed frequently with French tenor Roberto Alagna whom she first met in 1992 and married in 1996 in concerts and opera productions until their eventual divorce in 2013 Her voice is described as the most instantly recognizable and interesting soprano voice of our time A liquid instrument of great lyrical beauty with gleaming spun gold high notes but a dark vibrant contralto range reminiscent of Maria Callas 2 and she is considered the world s most glamorous opera star 3 She has made substantial discography primarily with EMI Classics absorbed into Warner Classics in 2013 and Decca and holds several Gramophone Awards and honorary doctorates Contents 1 Early life and family 2 Career 2 1 Early career 1991 2002 2 2 Mid career 2 3 2010s present 3 Personal life 4 Professional relationships 5 Achievements 5 1 Awards 5 2 Honours 6 Recordings 7 Publications 8 References 9 External linksEarly life and family EditAngela Burlacu was born in Adjud Romania to a seamstress mother and train driver father 4 Along with her sister Elena she sang opera music from an early age 5 At age 14 she began to study singing at the Ciprian Porumbescu Conservatory primarily under Mia Barbu Her graduation in 1990 followed the overthrow of Nicolae Ceaușescu the previous year enabling her to seek an international career immediately Her graduation exam took place at the Cluj Napoca Romanian National Opera as Mimi in La boheme in 1990 the same year she won third prize in the Belvedere International Singing Competition 6 In 1996 Elena died in a car crash 7 Angela s parents then separated and her father became a monk living in a monastery in Mount Athos Four years later after Elena s surgeon husband Andrei Dan died Angela adopted their daughter Ioana 8 who studied in the University of Kent and has lived in London since 9 She decided not to have a child of her own in fear of the probable voice change after pregnancy and that raising Ioana was already a satisfying experience for her 10 Career EditEarly career 1991 2002 Edit Gheorghiu made her international debut at the Theater Basel in 1991 performing Adina in L elisir d amore In 1992 she debuted at the Royal Opera London in one performance as Zerlina in Don Giovanni opposite Bryn Terfel as Masetto and then her official debut as Mimi in La boheme 4 11 In the same year she debuted at the Vienna State Opera in the role of Adina and was engaged as Nannetta in Falstaff in the same season She became a regular guest singer at the Royal Opera featuring in consecutive seasons in various opera productions such as Puccini s Turandot Liu Don Giovanni Zerlina Carmen Micaela L elisir d amore Adina Romeo et Juliette Juliette The Tales of Hoffmann Antonia 12 In 1994 she starred in the premiere of a new production of Massenet s Cherubin In November 1994 she debuted as Violetta in Richard Eyre s new production of La traviata conducted by Georg Solti at the Royal Opera House The sensation prompted BBC Two to clear its regular schedule on 8 December to broadcast the live performance which led her to international stardom 13 In 1993 she made her Metropolitan Opera debut in La boheme 14 Since then she has returned to the company for La boheme Puccini s Turandot Carmen L elisir d amore Romeo et Juliette In 1999 she was featured in Romeo et Juliette at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and in Mascagni s L amico Fritz as Suzel at the Opera de Monte Carlo 15 She was featured in Michael Jackson s MJ amp Friends in Munich Later in the year she sang at the Richard Tucker Opera Gala 16 and performed at the reopening of the Covent Garden Royal Opera House 17 In 2001 she performed in La Fenice s reopening concert Concert in Honour of the President of the Republic at the Teatro Malibran 18 She also made guest appearances at the Paris Opera Micaela Violetta Mimi and Salzburg Festival Violetta Juliette Gheorghiu was additionally cast in two opera films Tosca 2001 directed by Benoit Jacquot as the title role 19 and Romeo et Juliette 2002 directed by Barbara Willis Sweete as Juliette 20 Mid career Edit Gheorghiu starred in as Magda in Nicolas Joel s new production of La rondine which premiered on 7 May 2002 at the London Royal Opera She returned to the production in the London revival in 2004 21 at her San Francisco Opera debut in November 2007 22 23 and the Met premiere in the 2008 09 season which was the company s first performance of the opera since 1936 24 In 2002 she sang at the Prom at the Palace the event that marked the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II She was invited as a performing artist at the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Concert 25 In 2005 she sang at the opening the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia in the presence of Queen Sofia of Spain 26 and Queen Beatrix s Silver Jubilee Gala in Amsterdam 27 In March 2003 Gheorghiu starred in Gounod s Faust as Marguerite at the Metropolitan Opera but withdrew from final performances citing security concerns due to the Iraq War 28 In July 2003 she debuted as Nedda in Pagliacci with Placido Domingo in the title role at the Royal Opera 29 and then performed in La traviata at the Verona Arena A soprano with a large range and a dark coloured voice 30 Gheorghiu is also able to sing spinto soprano roles In 2006 she sang the title role in Tosca on stage for the first time in Jonathan Kent s new production at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden Her performance was an overall success although because the famous Zeffirelli 1964 production which was designed for Maria Callas was replaced there was comparison between the Toscas of Gheorghiu and Callas 31 32 She gave performances at the Teatro Regio di Torino Los Angeles Opera Deutsche Oper Berlin Teatro dell Opera di Roma In 2007 she made her La Scala opera debut in La traviata conducted by Lorin Maazel and returned five years later for La boheme 33 34 In the 2007 08 season she sang in two world premieres Marius et Fanny at the Opera de Marseille and Le Dernier Jour d un condamne adapted after the novel of the same name by Hugo and composed by David Alagna at the Palau de le Arts Reina Sofia 35 Gheorghiu continued her appearances at the Met as Violetta in La traviata opposite Jonas Kaufmann in 2006 and 2007 as Amelia in Verdi s Simon Boccanegra in 2007 as Mimi in La boheme in 2008 in the Met Summer Concert in Prospect Park New York City on 20 June 2008 36 as Magda in La rondine and Adina in L elisir d amore in the 2008 2009 season and for the 2009 2010 season she appeared as Violetta replacing her previous engagement as Marie Antoinette in a rare revival of John Corigliano s The Ghosts of Versailles which was replaced due to the recession She took part in the Divas in Beijing concert series held during the 2008 Summer Olympics 37 In October 2008 she performed at the Memorial Concert for Luciano Pavarotti in Petra where she also performed an unconventional duet of La ci darem la mano from Mozart s Don Giovanni with Sting 38 39 She then premiered a new Faust at the Vienna State Opera 40 In 2009 she was invited to honor Grace Bumbry at the 32nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors where she performed Vissi d arte from Puccini s Tosca in the presence of Barack Obama 41 2010s present Edit In November 2010 Gheorghiu made her role debut in a new production of Cilea s Adriana Lecouvreur at the Covent Garden Royal Opera House to critical success 42 43 In July 2011 Gheorghiu sang the title role in Tosca at the Royal Opera House conducted by Antonio Pappano which was released on DVD and Blu ray and the following September returned there for the revival of Faust which was broadcast live in cinemas all over the world In April 2012 she appeared for the first time at the Teatro Colon Buenos Aires in a concert of duets with Roberto Alagna 44 In 2012 Gheorghiu was invited as the guest performer at the Vienna Opera Ball 45 Later the year she was the guest of honour at the London Royal Opera House gala organized to raise funds for the Royal Opera House Foundation which was attended by Queen Elizabeth II 46 In June 2012 she celebrated 20 years since her debut on the stage of the London Royal Opera House by performing in La boheme with Roberto Alagna In July 2012 she held her first master class at the Georg Solti Accademia in Castiglione della Pescaia Italy She returned for a second master class in 2016 47 In November 2012 she returned to San Francisco Opera to perform in Puccini s Tosca In May 2013 she performed the Romanian national anthem Deșteaptă te romane on the day the flag of Romania entered the Guinness World Records for the World s biggest flag 48 Gheorghiu returned to the Met in December 2014 to perform Mimi in La boheme to great critical acclaim opposite Michael Fabiano 49 In March 2015 she debuted as Charlotte in Massenet s Werther at the Vienna State Opera to great critical acclaim 50 and then repeated the role in August at the Salzburg Festival in a concert performance 51 In July Gheorghiu made her debut at the Verbier Festival with guitarist Milos Karadaglic in a special recital at The Eglise 52 In October 2015 Gheorghiu appeared in Australia for the first time performing in two exceptional gala concerts at the Sydney Opera House and at Hamer Hall Arts Centre Melbourne 53 54 55 Later the month she performed Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in the Luc Bondy production with great reviews 56 57 Between her two Tosca performances she performed at the Richard Tucker Opera Gala at the David Geffen Hall which was broadcast on 5 February 2016 on PBS 58 In November 2015 Gheorghiu sang at the Elena Obraztsova Opera Ball at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow 59 She co organized and performed in a humanitarian concert at the Romanian Athenaeum on 29 November to raise funds for the victims of the Colectiv nightclub fire 60 In December Gheorghiu sang together with Ramon Vargas and Ghiță Petean in a gala concert at Opera de Monte Carlo from which all proceeds went to the Fondo Memorial Eduardo Vargas established in memory of the tenor s deceased son 61 In 2016 Gheorghiu returned in the title role of Puccini s Tosca at the Royal Opera House and received great critical acclaim 62 63 She was scheduled to appear in 5 performances but sang in a total of 7 performances 64 She also returned as Tosca at the Vienna State Opera alongside Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel in April 2016 65 In September 2016 Gheorghiu performed in Tosca at the Berlin State Opera with loud and prolonged ovation 66 2017 marks 25 years since Gheorghiu s international debut at the Royal Opera House in 1992 and celebrates her 150 performance with the opera house that made her a star 67 68 She performed there in Adriana Lecouvreur in February 2017 69 On Wednesday 6th September 2017 she performs at the Luciano Pavarotti 10th Anniversary Concert held at the Verona Arena singing together with Il Volo Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras but also with Massimo Ranieri 70 In October of that year she made her house debut at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo again as Adriana Lecouvreur 71 In February 2021 Angela Gheorghiu performed in aid of New York s Metropolitan Opera Met musicians deprived of their pay because of the Coronavirus related cancellations of their performances 72 In September 2021 was released last studio album Juno to Jupiter by Vangelis in which Gheorghiu performed on three compositions representing Greek Roman Goddess Hera Juno 73 74 In February 2022 Gheorghiu celebrated her 30th anniversary with the Royal Opera House reprising Tosca to great critical acclaim 75 Personal life Edit nbsp Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna at the 2006 Cannes Film FestivalGheorghiu met tenor Roberto Alagna her co star in La boheme at the Royal Opera in 1992 At the time they were both married she was married to plumbing engineer Andrei Gheorghiu 4 In 1994 Alagna s wife died of cancer She divorced in the same year but retained his surname due to the musical background of the family with whom she still maintains a good relationship 11 9 They were engaged by 1995 and then married during a run of La boheme at the Metropolitan Opera in April 1996 in general manager Joseph Volpe s office by New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani 4 11 The couple have sung together often on stage and on studio recordings In an interview with The Independent she cited Alagna s jealousy of other artists with whom she performed especially Jonas Kaufmann 76 In October 2009 Alagna announced their separation in an interview with Le Figaro 77 However Gheorghiu claimed in an interview with Corriere della Sera that it was she that filed the divorce and that he wanted to get back together 78 Following the separation she declined to appear opposite Alagna in Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera in December 2009 79 The divorce was called off in December 2009 80 In a March 2011 interview with the Daily Express she stated that she and Alagna were back together though she still planned to sing separately from him for a while 81 They were seen together in March 2011 backstage at London s Royal Opera House where Alagna was performing in Aida Later that year they jointly opened the amphitheatre in the Katara Cultural Village Qatar 82 In June 2012 they sang together in two performances of La boheme at the Royal Opera House to commemorate the 20th anniversary of their meeting in a production of the same They also sang at a joint concert in Buenos Aires and had planned to perform together in Manon Lescaut and Adriana Lecouvreur in future seasons 83 However in January 2013 they agreed to divorce 84 She has been in a relationship with Romanian dentist Mihai Ciortea who is 22 years her junior since autumn 2013 85 Professional relationships EditOn rare occasion Gheorghiu has had difficult relationships with opera house managements and directors Some but not all of them have stemmed from her opposition to directors who as she put it in an interview with ABC want to express their own fantasies forgetting about the characters At times she says what they put on stage goes against both the story and the music 86 She has attributed her outspokenness to her upbringing in Romania under the totalitarian regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu Because I grew up in a country where there was no possibility of having an opinion it makes me stronger now Lots of singers are frightened about not getting invited back to an opera house if they speak out But I have the courage to be in a way revolutionary I want to fight for opera for it to be taken seriously Pop music is for the body but opera is for the soul 87 In 1996 Gheorghiu was cast as Micaela in a new production of Bizet s Carmen opposite Waltraud Meier and Placido Domingo at the Metropolitan Opera The production by Franco Zeffirelli called for the role to wear a blonde wig which she disliked When the Met toured the production in Japan in 1997 she refused to wear it on the first night to which then general manager Joseph Volpe famously declared The wig is going on with you or without you and replaced her with an understudy She then resumed the performances with the wig entirely covered by the hood of her cape 88 89 Volpe had planned to engage Gheorghiu in the role of Violetta Valery for a new production of La traviata to premiere in November 1998 and directed by Zeffirelli Alagna was to sing the role of Violetta s lover Alfredo Germont According to Volpe Gheorghiu and Alagna argued with the staff and the director over production details and continually delayed signing the contract They eventually signed their contracts and faxed them to the Met one day past their deadline Volpe refused to accept them The production opened with Patricia Racette and Marcelo Alvarez as the lovers 88 In September 2007 Gheorghiu was dismissed from Lyric Opera of Chicago s production of La boheme by General Manager William Mason for missing rehearsals and costume fittings and generally unprofessional behavior Gheorghiu said in a statement that she had missed some rehearsals to spend time with her husband who was singing at the Met in Romeo et Juliette and rehearsing for Puccini s Madama Butterfly and added I have sung Boheme hundreds of times and thought missing a few rehearsals wouldn t be a tragedy It was impossible to do the costume fitting at the same time I was in New York 90 Asked once if she is difficult she solidly replied No I seek perfection 8 Achievements EditAwards Edit Gheorghiu won the title of Female Artist of the Year at the Classic Brit Awards in 2001 and 2010 91 Gheorghiu has won 5 Gramophone Awards Puccini s La rondine released by EMI Classics won Record of the Year in 1997 92 Her album Verdi Heroines Decca won Best Recital in 2000 and Classic FM People s Choice Award in 2001 93 94 Jules Massenet s Manon released by EMI with her in the title role won the Best Opera Recording and was nominated for Best Opera Recording in the 2002 Grammy Awards 95 96 EMI s recording of Puccini s Madama Butterfly won the Best Opera Recording in 2009 97 The EMI recording of Tosca with Gheorghiu Roberto Alagna and Ruggero Raimondi in the title roles brought her the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis award in 2002 98 In 2002 Gheorghiu won the Echo Klassik Award for Female Singer of the Year 99 In 2004 Gheorghiu won the Best Opera Recording in the Victoires de la musique classique for Bizet s Carmen issued by EMI Classics 100 She also won Diapason d Or Awards Choc du Monde de la Musique in France Cecilia Prize in Belgium the Italian Musica e dischi Foreign Lyric Production Award the United States Critics Award In 2013 the DVD of Adriana Lecouvreur released by Decca where Gheorghiu plays the title role won at the International Classical Music Awards for Best DVD Performance 101 In May 2014 she was included in the Gramophone Hall of Fame 102 On 2 October 2015 she was awarded the European Cultural Award in a special gala ceremony at the Dresden Frauenkirche 103 104 Gheorghiu received the Victoire d Honneur Honour of Victory award in the 2018 Victoires de la musique classique 105 and Premio Puccini award from the Foundation of Festival Puccini in the same year 106 In March 2019 she received the Global Star award in the BraVo International Professional Music Award in a ceremony held at the Bolshoi Theatre 107 Honours Edit Gheorghiu was honoured with the vermeil Medal of the City of Paris and was appointed Officier and Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture 108 In December 2010 Gheorghiu was presented the Order of the Star of Romania in the grade of Commander 109 In October 2012 Gheorghiu received the Nihil Sine Deo royal decoration from King Michael I honoring her contribution to promoting Romanian culture in the world 110 Gheorghiu holds honorary doctorates from George Enescu National University of Arts 2010 111 Gheorghe Dima Music Academy 2014 112 University of Bucharest 2017 113 Recordings EditMain article Angela Gheorghiu discographyPublications EditGheorghiu Angela Tolansky Jon 4 September 2018 Angela Gheorghiu A Life for Art University Press of New England ISBN 978 1 6116 8912 9 114 Gheorghiu Angela Tolansky Jon 17 September 2021 Angela Gheorghiu O viata pentru arta Curtea Veche Publishing ISBN 9786064409942 115 References Edit John Warrack and Ewan West Gheorghiu Angela The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera Oxford University Press 1996 Nicolas Slonimsky and Laura Diane Kuhn Baker s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians Gale Group 2001 p 1264 David M Cummings Gheorghiu Angela International Who s Who in Classical Music Routledge 2003 p 274 Experience the life and iconic recordings of soprano Angela Gheorghiu Australian Broadcasting Corporation 9 February 2021 Angela Gheorghiu Homage to Maria Callas a b c d Angela Gheorghiu Diva The Independent 6 November 2004 Archived from the original on 7 May 2022 Retrieved 30 December 2020 Roberto Alagna People Magazine 21 June 1999 www jcarreras homestead com Belvedere Competition Winners www belvedere competition com 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Gheorghiu attends a press conference on the Elena Obraztsova Opera Ball gala concert Alamy com Moscow Archived from the original on 20 August 2017 Retrieved 6 January 2017 Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu holds concert to benefit Colectiv victims www citycompass ro Archived from the original on 20 August 2017 Retrieved 6 January 2017 Angela Gheorghiu evoluează in Gala de Operă Monte Carlo Radio Romania Muzical Ashley Tim 11 January 2016 Tosca review an exceptionally intelligent evening The Guardian Hartston William 13 January 2016 Opera Review Tosca at the Royal Opera House Daily Express ROH cast amendment Angela Gheorghiu replaces Amanda Echalaz as Tosca Classical Source 21 January 2016 Archived from the original on 10 June 2020 Retrieved 6 January 2017 Angela Gheorghiu Angela as Tosca in Vienna April 2016 all star cast Archived from the original on 7 January 2017 Retrieved 6 January 2017 Staatsoper s Well Judged Tosca Makes a Strong Impression Seen and Heard International Review 22 September 2016 Angela Gheorghiu Soprano Short Biography www bach cantatas com Angela Gheorghiu celebrates 25 years with the Royal Opera House 16 February 2017 Adriana Lecouvreur Productions Royal Opera House www roh org uk Archived from the original on 1 May 2020 Retrieved 6 January 2017 Luciano Pavarotti 10th Anniversary Concert In Pictures Debutta domani Adriana Lecouvreur con un cast di star Teatro Massimo Palermo in Italian Archived from the original on 30 September 2018 Retrieved 30 September 2018 Romanian opera star Gheorghiu to perform in aid of New York s Met musicians France24 8 February 2021 Retrieved 8 February 2021 Parr Freya 3 August 2021 Vangelis to release album inspired by NASA s Jupiter exploration BBC Music Magazine Retrieved 19 May 2022 Vangelis to release Juno To Jupiter this September Classic Pop 6 August 2021 Retrieved 19 May 2022 Angela Gheorghiu A gala anniversary for the future of music Classical Music Retrieved 11 January 2022 Church Michael 20 September 2009 Angela Gheorghiu My husband is jealous of my new leading man The Independent Archived from the original on 7 May 2022 Lutaud Lena 8 October 2009 Roberto Alagna et Angela Gheorghiu se separent Le Figaro Retrieved 8 October 2009 Cappelli Valerio 1 November 2009 Gheorghiu ho lasciato Alagna perche era troppo possessivo Corriere della Sera Retrieved 27 March 2021 Bernheimer Martin 4 January 2010 Carmen Metropolitan Opera New York Financial Times Archived from the original on 10 December 2022 Retrieved 7 January 2010 Soprana Angela Gheorghiu nu mai divorțează Soprano Angela Gheorghiu no longer divorces in Romanian Antena 3 12 December 2009 Grant Brigit 13 March 2011 Diva Angela Gheorghiu is a Little Angel Daily Express Townson Peter 13 December 2011 Cultural village amphitheatre opens with inspiring concert Gulf Times Franini Piera Anna 26 September 2012 Gheorghiu e il mio periodo zen Gheorghiu it s my Zen period Il Giornale in Italian Retrieved 7 January 2013 Eden Richard 6 January 2013 Opera s Posh amp Becks Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna bow out The Telegraph Retrieved 7 January 2013 Soprana Angela Gheorghiu se iubeste cu un stomatolog de 26 de ani Soprano Angela Gheorghiu loves a 26 year old dentist Ziua in Romanian 30 October 2013 que quiere expresar sus fantasias olvidandose de los personajes A veces lo que se representa en el escenario va en contra de la historia y de la musica in Susana Gavina Yo tengo el control en la opera ABC May 18 2007 Retrieved 3 June 2008 Thompson Warwick 4 May 2007 Her serene highness The Times Retrieved 3 June 2008 a b Tommasini Anthony 4 April 1998 Hesitating Celebrity Couple Loses a Met Opera Contract The New York Times Retrieved 16 April 2011 Fiedler Johanna 2001 Molto Agitato The mayhem behind the music at the Metropolitan Opera Doubleday p 299 ISBN 0 385 48187 X Lyric Opera of Chicago Fires Angela Gheorghiu from Upcoming Boheme Performances Opera News 28 September 2007 Archived from the original on 8 August 2017 Retrieved 29 July 2019 Angela Gheorghiu won Classical Brit Award in 2010 Archived December 31 2010 at the Wayback Machine 1997 Gramophone Awards www infoplease com 2000 Gramophone Awards www infoplease com 2001 Gramophone Awards www infoplease com 2002 Grammy Nominees Archived September 12 2008 at the Wayback Machine Grammy Award Spotlight CNN Note that the Grammy awards recognize accomplishments by musicians from the previous year Cutts Paul 19 October 2001 Alagna scores second Gramophone Awards success Gramophone Archived from the original on 25 October 2005 Angela Gheorghiu www gramophone co uk Deutscher Schallplattenpreis Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Details about the prize Preistrager Echo Klassik 2002 bekannt gegeben Press release in German ZDF 26 June 2002 via Presseportal de Les Victoires de la Musique Classique www france3 fr Winners 2013 International Classical Music Awards Retrieved 30 June 2019 Angela Gheorghiu Radu Lupu Dinu Lipatti si Sergiu Celibidache in Gramophone Hall of Fame Revista Muzicală Radio in Romanian 23 May 2014 Archived from the original on 20 August 2017 Retrieved 10 January 2017 Europaischer Kulturpreis 2015 Europaische Kulturstiftung Archived from the original on 25 July 2016 Europaischer Kulturpreis in Dresden verliehen European Cultural Prize Awarded in Dresden in German DW 2 October 2015 Victoires de la musique classique hommage a Angela Gheorghiu L Express in French Agence France Presse 24 February 2018 Ad Angela Gheorghiu celebrata soprano il Premio Giacomo Puccini 2018 Il Messaggero in Italian 13 December 2018 Romanian diva gets Global Star award from John Travolta at Bolshoi Theater Romania Insider 21 March 2019 Biography on official website Archived from the original on 13 January 2014 Retrieved 30 June 2019 Angela Gheorghiu onorată pe scena Teatrului Naţional printr un spectacol inedit Angela Gheorghiu honored on the stage of the National Theater through an unusual show Mediafax in Romanian 31 December 2010 Decorația Regala Nihil Sine Deo Familia Regala Cantir Victoria 7 December 2010 Angela Gheorghiu si Costin Miereanu vor primi titlul de Doctor Honoris Causa al Universitatii de Arte din Iasi Angela Gheorghiu and Costin Miereanu will receive the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Arts in Iasi Ziarul de Iasi in Romanian Soprana Angela Gheorghiu a devenit de astăzi Doctor Honoris Causa al Academiei de Muzică Soprano Angela Gheorghiu became today Doctor Honoris Causa of the Academy of Music Clujulcultural ro in Romanian 3 October 2014 Andrei Otilia 25 May 2017 Soprana Angela Gheorghiu distinsă de Universitatea din București cu titlul de Doctor Honoris Causa Adevărul in Romanian Angela Gheorghiu A Life for Art Opera News Vol 83 no 4 October 2018 Archived from the original on 28 April 2019 Retrieved 28 April 2019 https carturesti ro carte o viata pentru arta 1271660749 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a Missing or empty title help External links Edit 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