Angela Gheorghiu
"Sempre libera" sings Violetta, hopelessly: Tosca seems to answer her, with his "Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore" (I lived by art, I lived by love). Traviata and Tosca, two heroines who measure up to the stature and voice of Angela Gheorghiu. "I have always known myself to be out of the ordinary", she admits flatly, "I live as I want." A sombre, powerful, voluptuous voice, it has been said that she brought together the qualities of Callas with those of Tebaldi... A champion of last-minute cancellations, her waspish tongue is without rival. The caprices of a diva? Perhaps - but above all she demands great things of herself, and of opera, which she too often finds ill-treated by unscrupulous producers, who do what they like.
Angela Gheorghiu has no model ("An artist must not"); she works on her roles alone, without pianist, without tutor, without coach. After her studies at the Bucharest Academy of Music under the hard regime of the Communist dictator Ceaușescu ("Because I grew up in a country where all personal opinion was forbidden, that made me stronger "), she launched her international career in 1992 in Covent Garden, Vienna and New York. Two years later, she had a real triumph at the Royal Opera House in La Traviata, under Georg Solti's direction. Recorded, filmed and released by DECCA in DC and DVD, this production launched Angela Gheorghiu's international career.
Her marriage to, and subsequent falling out of love with tenor Robert Alagna was the talk of all the gossip columns. Together, they racked up success after success and the pair are immortalised in Puccini's Tosca, the great film of Benoit Jacquot, with Ruggero Raimondi, under the direction of Antonio Pappano. If her volcanic personality raised eyebrows among the rarefied world of opera lovers, no-one could disagree on the subject of the singer's art and her qualities as an actress, which have brought her to the pinnacle of singing today. Her heroines, Tosca, Marguerite, Mimi, Cio-Cio-San, Carmen, Violetta, Adriana Lecouvreur, Charlotte, Manon won her the loyalty of lovers of beautiful song the world over.
Angela Gheorghiu also enjoys giving recitals, never hesitating to mix styles, moving with steady professionalism from Gluck to Paolo Tosti, by way of Romanian composers or the works of Jacques Brel. Absent from the studio from several years, she recently recorded an eagerly-awaited album. Titled Eternalmente, it is dedicated to Verism, with extracts of operas by Puccini, Mascagni and Leoncavallo, some in duet with tenor Joseph Calleja, under the direction of French conductor Emmanuel Villaume, who currently conducts the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, who also appear on this WARNER CLASSICS album. © FH / Qobuz
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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Roberto Scaltriti, Simone Alaimo, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Evelino Pido
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1 ene. 1993
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Massenet: Werther
Patricia Petibon, Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Thomas Hampson, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
Ópera - Editado por Warner Classics el 1 oct. 1999
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My World - Songs from around the Globe
Angela Gheorghiu, Malcolm Martineau
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1 ene. 1998
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Verdi: Il trovatore
Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 22 jul. 2002
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Verdi: La Traviata (Highlights)
Sir Georg Solti, Angela Gheorghiu, Frank Lopardo, Leo Nucci, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Orchestra
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1 dic. 1996
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Terra e mare
Angela Gheorghiu, Vincenzo Scalera
Ópera - Editado por Signum Records el 29 nov. 2023
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Bizet: Carmen
Jennifer Larmore, Angela Gheorghiu, Bayerisches Staatsorchester , Giuseppe Sinopoli
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 1 ene. 1996
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Angela Gheorghiu - Verdi Heroines
Angela Gheorghiu, Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1 ene. 2000
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Verdi per due
Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
Fragmentos de ópera - Editado por Warner Classics el 1 oct. 1998
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Massenet : Manon
Antonio Pappano, Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, José Van Dam, Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 7 ago. 2000
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25 Jaar Koningin Beatrix, 1980 - 2005 (Live, Paleis op de Dam)
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 7 ene. 2022
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Giordano: Fedora
Angela Gheorghiu, Plácido Domingo, Nino Machaidze, Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie, Alberto Veronesi
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 17 ene. 2011
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O, ce veste minunata! Colinde romanesti
Angela Gheorghiu, Orchestra Nationala Radio Tiberiu Soare
Clásica - Editado por Universal Music Romania el 30 sep. 2013
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Massenet: Manon
Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie, Antonio Pappano
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 7 ago. 2000
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Massenet: Werther
Patricia Petibon, Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Thomas Hampson, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 1 oct. 1999
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Carmen (Extraits)
Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Thomas Hampson, Inva Mula, Michel Plasson, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Fragmentos de ópera - Editado por Parlophone (France) el 6 abr. 2004
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Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore
Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Choeur De l'Opéra National De Lyon, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Evelino Pido
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1 ene. 1993
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Addio Del Passato (CC) (Classical Choice)
Clásica - Editado por Decca el 1 ene. 2010
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Massenet: Werther
Antonio Pappano, Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Thomas Hampson, London Symphony Orchestra
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 1 oct. 1999
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La Bohème - Highlights
Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Riccardo Chailly
Clásica - Editado por Decca el 1 ene. 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo