Angela Gheorghiu - Live From Covent GardenDVD9 - PAL - 16:9 - All Regions - Italian, French, English - Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS, LPCM - 72min.
Released 2002
Subtitles: English, French, German
Angela Gheorghiu first captured international attention in 1994 and rose rapidly to first-class star status. This 2001 recital, from the same opera house where her La traviata set the audience and critics on fire, shows the qualities that have made her one of the most acclaimed opera singers working today.
Gheorghiu's best-known roles are in the romantic and verismo operas of the 19th and early 20th centuries, sampled here in beautifully interpreted arias of Massenet, Charpentier, Puccini, and Cilea. In this music, her identification with the role is total, her voice tonally opulent, emotionally expressive, and exquisitely controlled. When her selections venture outside that rather restricted category, the results are equally impressive. A charming novelty is the folk-flavored aria by Romanian composer Tiberiu Brediceanu. Gheorghiu's 18th-century arias give Handel and Mozart a refreshing energy, and she is captivating in "I could have danced all night."
Tracks:
Rinaldo, HWV 7: Armida dispietata...Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte by George Frideric Handel
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Manon: Adieu, notre petite table by Jules Massenet
Louise: Depuis le jour by Gustave Charpentier
Turandot: Tu, che di gel sei cinta by Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo by Giacomo Puccini
Adriana Lecouvreur: Io son l'umile ancella by Francesco Cilèa
Norma: Casta diva by Vincenzo Bellini
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini
La seceris: Cate flori pe deal is sus by Tiberiu Brediceanu
My Fair Lady: I could have danced all night by Frederick Loewe
