 |
|
Gold and Silver Gala P.Domingo
|
Article Index: [Biographies] [Articles/Resources] [Link To This Article] Looking To Buy? |
Biography: Angela Gheorghiu
[Top]
Opera singer Angela Gheorghiu is one of the most famous contemporary sopranos. A fiery & intense stage actress, Gheorghiu has a particular affinity for the operas of Verdi & Puccini, as well as the verismo school. She also performs & records the music of her native Romania, whether operatic, lieder, popular or Orthodox church music. The daughter of a train driver, Gheorghiu was born as Angela Burlacu in Adjud. Along with her sister Elena, she sang opera music from a very early age. At age 13, Gheorghiu went to study singing at the Bucharest Music Academy, primarily under Mia Barbu. Her graduation in 1989 coincided with the overthrow of Nicolae Ceaucescu, enabling her to seek out an international career immediately. She made her international debut in 1992 at Covent Garden as Zerlina in Don Giovanni, followed in 1993 by debuts at the Vienna State Opera as Adina in LElisir dAmore & the Metropolitan Opera as Mimi in La Bohème. Her performances of Violetta in Verdis La Traviata at Covent Garden in 1994 catapulted her to international stardom.
Posters Of La TraviataEditors Choice: Gounod, Romeo Et Juliette, La Traviata, Verdi, Royal Opera House, Lelisir Damore, Puccini, Donizetti, View DVDology
Biography: Robert Lloyd
[Top]
 | Robert Lloyd was an English poet, educated at Westminster & Cambridge, published The Actor, a poem which had considerable popularity, some miscellaneous verses & a comic opera, The Conscious Lovers. He was a friend of Churchill, who showed him much kindness in his frequent misfortunes; & on hearing of Churchills death he took to bed & soon died, apparently of a broken heart.
Posters Of Boris Godunov Editors Choice: Boris Godunov, Mussorgsky, Lohengrin, Richard Wagner, View DVDology |
Additional Articles & Resources:
[Top]
Link To This Article:
[Top]
©2004-2008 DVDArk.co.uk
* Some data on DVD Ark is derived from this GNU FDL article.