Angela Gheorghiu
Angela Gheorghiu ( [ anˈd͡ʒela ɡe̯orˈɡi.u ] ) (born September 7, 1965 in Adjud ) is a Romanian opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
Angela Gheorghiu, the daughter of a train driver, started singing as a young student in the music school in her hometown. At the age of 14, the talented young singer was sent to the George Enescu Music High School in Bucharest to study singing with Mia Barbu after graduating from the music college . At the age of 23 she made her debut with her diploma performance as Mimi in La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini .
After the political change in Romania, she left her homeland in 1990 and was engaged at the Royal Opera House in London , where she made her debut as Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni . Another great success for her was the Violetta in La traviata with Georg Solti on the conductor's podium: Her performance spontaneously convinced the television management of the BBC to change the program and switch it live to the Royal Opera House in London in order to watch the performance on television transfer. This is how the triumphant advance of the soprano began in London .
In 1992 Angela Gheorghiu sang for the first time at the Vienna State Opera under her compatriot Ioan Holender , then in Hamburg and in 1993 at the New York Metropolitan Opera . In addition to her opera appearances, Angela Gheorghiu has recorded numerous CDs and is one of the internationally highly regarded female opera stars. She also likes to sing songs from her Romanian homeland.
Gheorghiu was married to the French tenor Roberto Alagna for the second time from 1996 to 2013 and has since been officially called Alagna-Gheorghiu. With him she played and sang Tosca in a live film adaptation in 2001 with scenes from the opera and in Abbey Road Studios in London. In September 2007, after a long time, the artist couple stood together on stage again, in the Opera House of Marseille in the opera Marius et Fanny by the Romanian composer Vladimir Cosma . In 2007, Gheorghiu was fired from a bohemian production by the Chicago Lyric Opera because she had failed to attend six out of ten rehearsals and had traveled to New York without a vacation permit to see a performance by her husband at the Metropolitan Opera. After a joint appearance with Alagna at the Vienna State Opera in October 2008 in Faust (director: Nicolas Joel ), the couple appeared again in January 2009 at the Metropolitan Opera in La rondine . The event was broadcast live on German television and in some HD cinemas. In early 2013, the couple announced their split.
Roles (selection)
- Mimi in La Bohème
- Zerlina in Don Giovanni
- Liu in Turandot
- Adina in L'elisir d'amore
- Nannetta in Falstaff
- Violetta in La traviata
- Micaela in Carmen
- Suzel in L'amico Fritz
- Nedda in Pagliacci
- Floria Tosca in Tosca
- Magda in La rondine
- Margarete in Faust
- Juliette in Roméo et Juliette
- Fanny in Marius et Fanny
- Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi
- Adriana in Adriana Lecouvreur
Discography
- 1995: La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
- 1996: Arias
- 1996: Duets & Arias with Roberto Alagna
- 1997: L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti
- 1997: La rondine by Giacomo Puccini
- 1998: My World
- 1998: La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini
- 1998: Verdi per due with Roberto Alagna
- 1998: Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod
- 1999: Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini
- 1999: Werther by Jules Massenet
- 2000: Manon by Jules Massenet
- 2000: Verdi Heroines - arias by Giuseppe Verdi
- 2001: Mystery Sacred Aries
- 2001: Casta Diva
- 2001: Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi
- 2001: Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
- 2002: Live from Covent Garden
- 2002: Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi
- 2003: Carmen by Georges Bizet
- 2004: The Essential Angela Gheorghiu
- 2004: Diva
- 2005: 25 Jaar Koningin Beatrix 1980-2005
- 2005: Puccini
- 2005: Dream couple of the opera with Roberto Alagna
- 2007: Live from La Scala
- 2008: Marius et Fanny by Vladimir Cosma with Roberto Alagna
- 2009: Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
- 2011: Homage to Maria Callas - favorite opera arias
- 2012: Tosca by Giacomo Puccini with Jonas Kaufmann
- 2012: Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea with Jonas Kaufmann
Awards
- Knight des Arts et des Lettres (2000)
- Officer des Arts et des Lettres (2002)
- Star of Romania in commander rank (2010)
- Honorary doctorate from the University of Arts George Enescu Iași (2010)
- Honorary doctorate from the Gheorghe Dima Cluj-Napoca Music Academy (2014)
Web links
- Works by and about Angela Gheorghiu in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website of Angela Gheorghiu
- Profile at IMG Artists
- Angela Gheorghiu at Operabase (engagements and dates)
- Interview at the classic portal Classicpoint.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography , angelagheorghiu.com
- ↑ Information on the world premiere of Marius et Fanny in Marseille in September 2007 Forum Opéra (French)
- ^ Lyric Opera of Chicago Fires Angela Gheorghiu from Upcoming Bohème Performances operanews.com, September 28, 2007.
- ↑ Gounod's "Faust". Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna . In: oe1.orf.at , October 11, 2008, accessed on June 11, 2013.
- ↑ Final: marriage-off at Opern-Stars oe24.at, January 4, 2013
- ↑ PORTATIVE ROMÂNESC Angela Gheorghiu , Agerpres March 20, 2017
- ↑ PORTATIVE ROMÂNESC Angela Gheorghiu , Agerpres March 20, 2017
- ↑ Biography , angelagheorghiu.com
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SURNAME | Gheorghiu, Angela |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alagna-Gheorghiu, Angela (married name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian opera singer (soprano) |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Adjud |