Angela Gheorghiu

Angela Burlacu was born in Adjud, Romania, to a seamstress mother and train driver father.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/angela-gheorghiu-diva-18681.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/angela-gheorghiu-diva-18681.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Angela Gheorghiu: Diva! |work=The Independent |date=2004-11-06 |access-date=2020-12-30}}{{cbignore}} Along with her sister Elena, she sang opera music from an early age.{{cite web|url=http://www.jcarreras.homestead.com/AlagnaArtPeople1999.html|title=Roberto Alagna – People Magazine 21 June 1999|website=Jcarreras.homestead.com}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.belvedere-competition.com/winners/|title=Belvedere-Competition: Winners|website=Belvedere-competition.com}}

In 1996, Elena died in a car crash.Matheopoulos, H., 'Diva: the New Generation' (Northeastern University Press, 1998), p.88 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,{{cite news |title=Angela Gheorghiu: 'Difficult? No, I seek perfection' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/features/angela-gheorghiu-difficult-no-i-seek-perfection-1638147.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/features/angela-gheorghiu-difficult-no-i-seek-perfection-1638147.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Independent |date=2009-03-06 |first=Jessica |last=Duchen}}{{cbignore}} who studied in the University of Kent and has lived in London since.{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/diva-fever-angela-gheorghiu-6537809.html |title=Diva fever: Angela Gheorghiu |date=2010-11-18 |work=Evening Standard |first=Lydia |last=Slater}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/determined-diva-soprano-angela-gheorghiu-34429049.html |title=Determined diva: soprano Angela Gheorghiu |date=2016-02-08 |first=Ciara |last=Dwyer |work=Irish Independent}}

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.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/angela-gheorghiu-born-to-sing-of-suffering-529808.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/angela-gheorghiu-born-to-sing-of-suffering-529808.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Angela Gheorghiu: Born to sing of suffering |date=2005-03-25 |work=The Independent |first=Lynne |last=Walker}}{{cbignore}} 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).{{cite web |title=Angela Gheorghiu Performances |url=http://www.rohcollections.org.uk/SearchResults.aspx?searchtype=workprodperf&person=angela%20gheorghiu |website=Royal Opera House Collections Online |access-date=2021-02-15}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2QfkL7v59fv6MQrMxDz3pQ3/la-traviata-sensation-clears-bbc-two-schedule |title=La Traviata sensation clears BBC Two schedule |date=2015-06-19 |publisher=BBC}}

In 1993, she made her Metropolitan Opera debut in La bohème.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/11/arts/classical-music-in-review-377293.html |title=Classical Music in Review |work=The New York Times |date=1993-12-11 |access-date=2021-02-17}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-01-25-9901250034-story.html |title=Husband-and-Wife Team Live Up to Their Billing in Lyric's 'Romeo' |date=1999-01-25 |work=Chicago Tribune |first=John |last=von Rhein}} She was featured in Michael Jackson's MJ & Friends in Munich. Later in the year, she sang at the Richard Tucker Opera Gala,{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/477727/the-richard-tucker-opera-gala-hosted-by-placido-domingo|title=Richard Tucker Opera Gala Hosted By Placido Domingo, The 1999 Overview |website=Turner Classic Movies}} and performed at the reopening of the Covent Garden Royal Opera House.{{cite news |title=Royal rebirth for Opera House |date=1999-12-01 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/544774.stm |work=BBC News |access-date=2021-04-22}} In 2001, she performed in La Fenice's reopening concert, "Concert in Honour of the President of the Republic" at the Teatro Malibran.{{cite web |url=http://archiviostorico.teatrolafenice.it/scheda_a.php?ID=23048 |title=Concerto in onore del Presidente della Repubblica |website=Teatro La Fenice Archivo storico |access-date=2021-04-22}}

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,{{IMDb title|0240122|Tosca|(2001)}} and Roméo et Juliette (2002; directed by Barbara Willis Sweete) as Juliette.{{IMDb title|0327118|Roméo et Juliet}}

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,{{cite news |first=Robert |last=Thicknesse |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/the-angel-comes-down-to-earth-5ch6j5s3dvv |title=The angel comes down to earth |work=The Times |date=2004-06-11 |access-date=2019-10-26}} at her San Francisco Opera debut in November 2007,Joshua Kosman, [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/09/DDJLT8QN6.DTL "Gheorghiu's debut worth the wait in Opera's La rondine"], San Francisco Chronicle, 2007-11-09. Retrieved 2008-06-03.{{cite news |first=Georgia |last=Rowe |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2007/11/13/angela-gheorghiu-is-the-wind-beneath-the-wings-of-la-rondine/ |title=Angela Gheorghiu is the wind beneath the wings of La rondine |work=Oakland Tribune |date=2007-11-13 |access-date=2019-10-26}} and the Met premiere in the 2008/09 season, which was the company's first performance of the opera since 1936.{{cite news |last=Tommasini |first=Anthony |date=2009-01-01 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/arts/music/02rond.html |title=At the Met, Puccini Does Operetta His Way |work=The New York Times |access-date=2011-04-16}}

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.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stars-shine-for-nobel-concert/ |title=Stars Shine For Nobel Concert |date=2003-10-30 |agency=AP |work=CBS News}} In 2005, she sang at the opening the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, in the presence of Queen Sofía of Spain,{{cite news |date=2005-10-09 |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2005/10/09/cultura/1128808811_850215.html |title=Apoteósica inauguración del Palau de les Arts |work=El País |first=Ferrán |last=Bono}} and Queen Beatrix's Silver Jubilee Gala in Amsterdam.{{cite news |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/jubileumconcert-voor-beatrix-op-de-dam~b52ce641/ |title=Jubileumconcert voor Beatrix op de Dam |work=de Volkskrant |date=2005-04-29 |agency=ANP}}

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.{{cite news |url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/opera-singers-cancel-faust-performances-16262/ |title=Opera Singers Cancel 'Faust' Performances |date=2003-03-21 |work=Backstage |agency=AP |access-date=2021-02-17}} In July 2003, she debuted as Nedda in Pagliacci with Plácido Domingo in the title role at the Royal Opera,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3058153.stm |title=Domingo thrills in Royal Opera return |date=2003-07-14 |work=BBC News |first=Manuel |last=Toledo |access-date=2021-02-17}} and then performed in La traviata at the Verona Arena. A soprano with a large range and a dark coloured voice,Crory, Neil (2005) "Recommended CD Recordings: Puccini: Angela Gheorghiu" Opera Canada 46(2): p. 47 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.{{Cite news|last=Smith|first=Neil|date=2006-06-13|title=Curtain rises on new Tosca opera|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5048492.stm|access-date=2020-12-30}}{{Cite news|last=Riding|first=Alan|date=2006-06-15|title=Covent Garden 'Tosca' Is a Kitten, Not a Tiger|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/15/arts/music/15ange.html|access-date=2020-12-30}}

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.{{Cite news|last=Zonca|first=Paola|date=2007-07-05|title=Traviata alla Scala, fischi e critiche ma Maazel resta|work=la Repubblica|url=https://milano.repubblica.it/dettaglio/traviata-alla-scala-fischi-e-critiche-ma-maazel-resta/1335345}}{{Cite interview|interviewer=Valerio Cappelli|title="I fischi ai cantanti lirici sono come lo stalking"|url=https://www.corriere.it/cultura/12_maggio_15/cappelli-fischi-cantanti-lirici-come-stalking_4af213b2-9e7b-11e1-b8e5-2081876c6256.shtml|work=Corriere della Sera|date=2012-05-15}} 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.{{Cite web|date=2008-01-06|title=Victor Hugo et Voltaire|url=https://www.fabula.org/actualites/victor-hugo-et-voltaire_21748.php|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Fabula.org}}

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;{{cite news |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/arts/music/20oper.html |date=2008-06-20 |title=Arias Prospect Park, Met Stars Included |first=Daniel J. |last=Wakin |access-date=2019-10-26}} 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.{{cite news |date=2008-07-31 |title=Olympic Voices |publisher=WNET THIRTEEN |url=https://www.thirteen.org/sundayarts/blog/performance/olympic-voices/599/}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.unhcr.org/news/latest/2008/10/48f358482/friends-pay-musical-tribute-pavarotti-ancient-city-petra.html |title=Friends pay musical tribute to Pavarotti in ancient city of Petra |date=2008-10-13 |first=Abeer |last=Etefa |publisher=UN Refugee Agency |location=Petra, Jordan}}{{cite web|url=http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Sting/Angela+Gheorghiu|title=Sting Angela Gheorghiu Photostream|website=Zimbio.com}}

She then premiered a new Faust at the Vienna State Opera.{{Cite news|date=2017-04-08|title=Gounods "Faust"|work=ORF.at|url=https://oe1.orf.at/artikel/213710/Gounods-Faust}} 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.Torrance, Kelly Jane [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/07/kennedy-center-honorees-reflect-americas-diversity/?page=3 Kennedy Center honorees reflect America's diversity], The Washington Times, 7 December 2009

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.{{cite news|last=Christiansen|first=Rupert|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/8147350/Adriana-Lecouvreur-Royal-Opera-House-London-review.html|title=Adriana Lecouvreur, Royal Opera House, London, review|work=The Telegraph|location=London|date=2010-11-19}}{{cite news|last=Pritchard|first=Stephen|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/nov/21/adriana-lecouvreur-cilea-tansy-davies|title=Adriana Lecouvreur; Tansy Davies – review|work=The Observer|location=London|date=2010-11-21}}

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.{{cite news |url=http://www.bucharestherald.com/star-gossip/42-star-gossip/32210-angela-gheorghiu-to-perform-on-buenos-airescolon-teatro-stage-in-premiere-together-with-roberto-alagna |title=Angela Gheorghiu to perform on Buenos Aires' Colon Teatro stage in premiere, together with Roberto Alagna |work=Bucharest Herald |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414013241/http://www.bucharestherald.com/star-gossip/42-star-gossip/32210-angela-gheorghiu-to-perform-on-buenos-airescolon-teatro-stage-in-premiere-together-with-roberto-alagna |archive-date=2012-04-14 |url-status=usurped |date=2012-04-09}}

In 2012, Gheorghiu was invited as the guest performer at the Vienna Opera Ball.{{cite news |url=https://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2521250/|title=Glanz und Glamour beim Opernball |trans-title=Glitz and glamor at the Opera Ball|publisher=ORF|date=2012-02-17|language=de}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.romania-insider.com/two-romanians-perform-for-queen-elisabeth-ii-at-royal-opera-house-gala/|title=Two Romanians perform for Queen Elizabeth II at Royal Opera House gala|work=Romania Insider|date=31 October 2012}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.georgsoltiaccademia.org/2016-gsa-summer/|title=2016 Bel Canto Masterclasses|date=2015-09-08|access-date=6 January 2017|archive-date=24 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424152210/http://www.georgsoltiaccademia.org/2016-gsa-summer/|url-status=dead}} 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".{{cite news |url=https://www.antena3.ro/campanii/drapelul-romaniei/marea-soprana-angela-gheorghiu-interpreteaza-imnul-romaniei-in-ziua-in-care-am-intrat-in-cartea-215748.html |title=Marea soprană Angela Gheorghiu interpretează imnul României, în ziua în care am intrat în Cartea Recordurilor cu cel mai mare drapel din lume |date=2013-05-27 |publisher=Antena 3 |language=ro}}

Gheorghiu returned to the Met in December 2014 to perform Mimì in La bohème to great critical acclaim, opposite Michael Fabiano.{{cite news |url=http://observer.com/2014/12/winter-surprises-at-the-met-a-star-is-born-and-a-stunning-voice-returns/ |title=Winter Surprises at the Met: A Star is Born and a Stunning Voice Returns |date=2014-12-18 |work=The New York Observer |first=James |last=Jorden}}

In March 2015, she debuted as Charlotte in Massenet's Werther at the Vienna State Opera to great critical acclaim,{{cite web|url=http://bachtrack.com/kritik-werther-gheorghiu-terzier-chaslin-wien-staatsoper-maerz-2015|title=Aufwühlender Seelenschmerz|website=bachtrack.com}} and then repeated the role in August at the Salzburg Festival in a concert performance.{{cite news |url=https://www.diepresse.com/4800481/festspiele-werther-als-hoherer-naturbursch |title=Festspiele: Werther als höherer Naturbursch|work=Die Presse |date=2015-08-16 |access-date=2019-10-26 |first=Walter |last=Weidringer}}

In July, Gheorghiu made her debut at the Verbier Festival with guitarist Miloš Karadaglić in a special recital at The Église.{{cite web|url=http://www.classical-music.com/blog/truly-mountainous-event|title=A truly mountainous event|website=Classical-music.com|access-date=10 January 2017|archive-date=24 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424124112/http://www.classical-music.com/blog/truly-mountainous-event|url-status=dead}}

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/live-reviews/review-angela-gheorghiu-4d-international|title=Review: Angela Gheorghiu (4D-International)|work=Limelight (magazine)|date=8 October 2015|first=Clive|last=Paget}}{{cite web|url=https://simonparrismaninchair.com/2015/10/14/an-evening-with-angela-gheorghiu-review-melbourne/|title=An Evening with Angela Gheorghiu review [Melbourne]|first=Simon|last=Parris|date=14 October 2015|website=Simon Parris: Man in Chair|type=Review}}{{cite web|url=http://melbourne.eventful.com/events/angela-gheorghiu-/E0-001-086389822-9|title=Angela Gheorghiu in Melbourne|website=Eventful}} Later the month, she performed Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in the Luc Bondy production with great reviews.{{cite news |url=http://parterre.com/2015/10/30/veiled-threat/|title=Veiled threat|work=Parterre Box |first=Christopher |last=Corwin |date=2015-10-30}}{{cite news|first=David|last=Salazar |url=http://www.latinpost.com/articles/91741/20151103/metropolitan-opera-review-2015-16-tosca-angela-gheorghiu-rivets-complex.htm |title=Metropolitan Opera Review 2015-16- 'Tosca:' Angela Gheorghiu Rivets With Complex Portrayal of Title Role |work=Latin Post|date=2015-11-03}} 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.{{cite press release|url=http://www.aboutlincolncenter.org/press-room/release/901?category_id=18|title=Live From Lincoln Center Presents "From Bocelli to Barton: The Richard Tucker Opera Gala" on PBS, February 5, 2015|publisher=Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts|date=2016-01-08}}

In November 2015, Gheorghiu sang at the Elena Obraztsova Opera Ball at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.{{cite web|url=http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-moscow-russia-november-9-2015-romanian-soprano-angela-gheorghiu-attends-89660030.html|title=Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu attends a press conference on the Elena Obraztsova Opera Ball gala concert|first=Artyom|last=Geodakyan|website=Alamy.com|date=9 November 2015|location=Moscow|access-date=6 January 2017|archive-date=20 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820201437/http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-moscow-russia-november-9-2015-romanian-soprano-angela-gheorghiu-attends-89660030.html|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.citycompass.ro/events/romanian-soprano-angela-gheorghiu-holds-charity-concert-to-benefit-colectiv-fire-victims/|title=Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu holds concert to benefit Colectiv victims|website=Citycompass.ro|access-date=6 January 2017|archive-date=20 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820201315/http://www.citycompass.ro/events/romanian-soprano-angela-gheorghiu-holds-charity-concert-to-benefit-colectiv-fire-victims/|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.romania-muzical.ro/stire/angela-gheorghiu-evolueaza-in-gala-de-opera-monte-carlo/1378591/47/5|title=Angela Gheorghiu evoluează în Gala de Operă Monte Carlo|website=Radio România Muzical}}

In 2016, Gheorghiu returned in the title role of Puccini's Tosca at the Royal Opera House and received great critical acclaim.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/11/royal-opera-house-tosca-gheorghiu-review-an-exceptionally-intelligent-evening|title=Tosca review – an exceptionally intelligent evening |first=Tim |last=Ashley |date=2016-01-11 |work=The Guardian}}{{cite web |url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/634231/Opera-Review-Tosca-Royal-Opera-House |title=Opera Review: Tosca at the Royal Opera House |first=William |last=Hartston |date=2016-01-13 |work=Daily Express}} She was scheduled to appear in 5 performances, but sang in a total of 7 performances.{{cite web|url=http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_news.php?id=3494|title=ROH cast amendment: Angela Gheorghiu replaces Amanda Echalaz as Tosca|website=Classical Source|date=2016-01-21|access-date=6 January 2017|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610170453/http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_news.php?id=3494|url-status=dead}} She also returned as Tosca at the Vienna State Opera alongside Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel in April 2016.{{Cite web |url=http://angelagheorghiu.blogspot.ro/2015/04/angela-as-tosca-in-vienna-april-2016.html |title=Angela Gheorghiu: Angela as Tosca in Vienna, April 2016, all star cast |access-date=2017-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107100048/http://angelagheorghiu.blogspot.ro/2015/04/angela-as-tosca-in-vienna-april-2016.html |archive-date=2017-01-07 |url-status=dead }} In September 2016, Gheorghiu performed in Tosca at the Berlin State Opera with "loud and prolonged ovation".{{cite web|url=http://seenandheard-international.com/2016/09/staatsopers-well-judged-tosca-makes-a-strong-impression/|title=Staatsoper's Well Judged Tosca Makes a Strong Impression|website=Seen and Heard International|type=Review|date=22 September 2016}}

2017 marked 25 years since Gheorghiu's international debut at the Royal Opera House in 1992 and celebrated her 150 performance with the opera house that made her a star.{{cite web|url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Gheorghiu-Angela.htm|title=Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano) – Short Biography|website=Bach-cantatas.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/angela-gheorghiu-celebrates-25-years-with-the-royal-opera-house-a3467846.html|title=Angela Gheorghiu celebrates 25 years with the Royal Opera House|date=16 February 2017 }} She performed there in Adriana Lecouvreur in February 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/adriana-lecouvreur-by-david-mcvicar|title=Adriana Lecouvreur – Productions – Royal Opera House|website=Roh.org.uk|access-date=6 January 2017|archive-date=1 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501143036/https://www.roh.org.uk/productions/adriana-lecouvreur-by-david-mcvicar|url-status=dead}} On Wednesday 6 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.classicfm.com/artists/luciano-pavarotti/pictures/luciano-pavarotti-10th-anniversary-pictures/|title=Luciano Pavarotti 10th Anniversary Concert: In Pictures|website=Classicfm.com|access-date=7 September 2024}} In October of that year she made her house debut at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, again as Adriana Lecouvreur.{{Cite web|url=http://www.teatromassimo.it/sala-stampa/comunicati/debutta-domani-adriana-lecouvreur-con-un-cast-di-star.html|title=Debutta domani Adriana Lecouvreur con un cast di star|website=Teatro Massimo Palermo|language=it|access-date=2018-09-30|archive-date=30 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930193547/http://www.teatromassimo.it/sala-stampa/comunicati/debutta-domani-adriana-lecouvreur-con-un-cast-di-star.html|url-status=dead}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20210208-romanian-opera-star-gheorghiu-to-perform-in-aid-of-new-york-s-met-musicians |website=France24|language=en|access-date=2021-02-08|title=Romanian opera star Gheorghiu to perform in aid of New York's Met musicians |date=8 February 2021 }} 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.{{cite news |last=Parr |first=Freya |date=3 August 2021 |title=Vangelis to release album inspired by NASA's Jupiter exploration |url=https://www.classical-music.com/features/articles/vangelis-to-release-album-inspired-by-nasas-jupiter-exploration/ |work=BBC Music Magazine |access-date=19 May 2022}}{{cite news |date=6 August 2021 |title=Vangelis to release Juno To Jupiter this September |url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/2021/08/vangelis-juno-to-jupiter/ |work=Classic Pop |access-date=19 May 2022}}

In February 2022, Gheorghiu celebrated her 30th anniversary with the Royal Opera House, reprising Tosca to great critical acclaim.{{Cite web|url=https://www.classical-music.uk/features/article/angela-gheorghiu-a-gala-anniversary-for-the-future-of-music| website=Classical-music.uk|language=en|access-date=2022-01-11| title=Angela Gheorghiu: A gala anniversary for the future of music}}

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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. 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 maintained a good relationship. 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. The couple have sung together often on stage and on studio recordings.

In a 2009 interview with The Independent, she spoke of Alagna's jealousy of other artists with whom she performed, especially Jonas Kaufmann.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/angela-gheorghiu-my-husband-is-jealous-of-my-new-leading-man-5545516.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/angela-gheorghiu-my-husband-is-jealous-of-my-new-leading-man-5545516.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live| title=Angela Gheorghiu: 'My husband is jealous of my new leading man' |date=2009-09-20 |first=Michael |last=Church |work=The Independent}}{{cbignore}} In October 2009, Alagna announced their separation in an interview with Le Figaro.{{cite news |last=Lutaud |first=Léna |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2009/10/08/03006-20091008ARTFIG00663-roberto-alagna-et-angela-gheorghiu-se-separent-.php |title=Roberto Alagna et Angela Gheorghiu se séparent |work=Le Figaro |date=2009-10-08 |access-date=2009-10-08}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/09_novembre_01/alagna-gheorghiu-star-lirica_e655fd64-c6c4-11de-b8db-00144f02aabc.shtml |title=Gheorghiu: ho lasciato Alagna perché era troppo possessivo |date=2009-11-01 |work=Corriere della Sera |first=Valerio |last=Cappelli |access-date=2021-03-27}}

Following the separation, she declined to appear opposite Alagna in Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera in December 2009.{{cite news |last=Bernheimer |first=Martin| author-link=Martin Bernheimer| url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7aaf88fc-f953-11de-80dc-00144feab49a.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7aaf88fc-f953-11de-80dc-00144feab49a.html |archive-date=10 December 2022 |title=Carmen, Metropolitan Opera, New York |work=Financial Times |date=4 January 2010| access-date=7 January 2010|url-access=subscription}} The divorce was called off in December 2009.{{cite news |publisher=Antena 3 |url=http://www.antena3.ro/life-show/cultura/soprana-angela-gheorghiu-nu-mai-divorteaza-video-87291.html |title=Soprana Angela Gheorghiu nu mai divorțează |trans-title=Soprano Angela Gheorghiu no longer divorces |date=2009-12-12 |language=ro}}

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.{{cite news |last=Grant |first=Brigit |url=https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/234272/Diva-Angela-Gheorghiu-is-a-little-angel |title=Diva Angela Gheorghiu is a Little Angel |work=Daily Express |date=2011-03-13}} 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.{{cite news|last=Townson|first=Peter|date=2011-12-13|url=https://www.gulf-times.com/story/31505/Cultural-village-amphitheatre-opens-with-inspiring|title=Cultural village amphitheatre opens with inspiring concert|work=Gulf Times}} 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.{{cite news|last=Franini|first=Piera Anna|date=2012-09-26|url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/spettacoli/gheorghiu-mio-periodo-zen-840820.html|title=Gheorghiu: è il mio periodo "zen"|trans-title=Gheorghiu: it's my "Zen" period|work=Il Giornale|access-date=2013-01-07|language=it}} However, in January 2013, they agreed to divorce.{{cite news|last=Eden|first=Richard|date=2013-01-06| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9782692/Angela-Gheorghiu-and-Roberto-Alagna-bow-out.html|title=Opera's Posh & Becks, Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna, bow out|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2013-01-07}}

She has been in a relationship with Romanian dentist Mihai Ciortea, who is 22 years her junior, since autumn 2013.{{cite news |url=http://www.ziuanews.ro/cancan/soprana-angela-gheorghiu-se-iubeste-cu-un-stomatolog-de-26-de-ani-106613 |title=Soprana Angela Gheorghiu se iubeşte cu un stomatolog de 26 de ani |trans-title=Soprano Angela Gheorghiu loves a 26-year-old dentist |date=30 October 2013 |language=ro |work=Ziua}}

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.""que quiere expresar sus fantasías, olvidándose de los personajes. A veces, lo que se representa en el escenario va en contra de la historia y de la música." in Susana Gaviña, [http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-18-05-2007/abc/Espectaculos/yo-tengo-el-control-en-la-opera-angela-gheorghiu-_-soprano_1633176191100.html "Yo tengo el control en la ópera"], ABC, 18 May 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2008. 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.{{cite news |first=Warwick |last=Thompson |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1742639.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615230023/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1742639.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 June 2011 |title=Her serene highness |work=The Times |date=2007-05-04 |access-date=2008-06-03}}

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 said, "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.Tommasini, Anthony (4 April 1998). [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE3D8123AF937A35757C0A96E958260&pagewanted=all "Hesitating Celebrity Couple Loses a Met Opera Contract"]. The New York Times. Retrieved 16 April 2011.Fiedler, Johanna (2001). [https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780385481878 Molto Agitato: The mayhem behind the music at the Metropolitan Opera]. Doubleday, p. 299. {{ISBN|0-385-48187-X}}

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.

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."{{cite news |url=https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2007/9/News/Lyric_Opera_of_Chicago_Fires_Angela_Gheorghiu_from_Upcoming_Boh%C3%A8me_Performances.html |title=Lyric Opera of Chicago Fires Angela Gheorghiu from Upcoming Bohème Performances |work=Opera News |date=28 September 2007 |access-date=29 July 2019 |archive-date=8 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808075405/https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2007/9/News/Lyric_Opera_of_Chicago_Fires_Angela_Gheorghiu_from_Upcoming_Boh%C3%A8me_Performances.html |url-status=dead }}

Asked once if she was difficult, she replied: "No, I seek perfection!"

Gheorghiu won the title of Female Artist of the Year at the Classic Brit Awards in 2001 and 2010.[http://www.classicalbrits.co.uk/artist/angela-gheorghiu Angela Gheorghiu won Classical Brit Award in 2010] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231031132/http://www.classicalbrits.co.uk/artist/angela-gheorghiu |date=31 December 2010 }}

Gheorghiu has won 5 Gramophone Awards. Puccini's La rondine released by EMI Classics won Record of the Year in 1997.{{cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0301665.html|title=1997 Gramophone Awards|website=Infoplease.com}} Her album "Verdi Heroines" (Decca) won Best Recital in 2000 and Classic FM People's Choice Award in 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0878680.html|title=2000 Gramophone Awards|website=Infoplease.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0886073.html|title=2001 Gramophone Awards|website=Infoplease.com}} 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.[http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/grammys/print.ballot3.html 2002 Grammy Nominees] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912150334/http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/grammys/print.ballot3.html |date=12 September 2008 }}, Grammy Award Spotlight, CNN. Note that the Grammy awards recognize accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Cutts |title=Alagna scores second Gramophone Awards success |url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/newsMainTemplate.asp?storyID=698&newssectionID=1 |work=Gramophone |date=19 October 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051025112444/http://www.gramophone.co.uk/newsMainTemplate.asp?storyID=698&newssectionID=1 |archive-date=25 October 2005}} EMI's recording of Puccini's Madama Butterfly won the Best Opera Recording in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/musicians/artist/angela-gheorghiu-45673|title=Angela Gheorghiu|website=Gramophone.co.uk}}

The EMI recording of Tosca with Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna and Ruggero Raimondi in the title roles brought her the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis award in 2002.[http://www.schallplattenkritik.de/component/content/article/66-bestenlisten-2002/295-bestenliste-1-2002 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722054938/http://www.schallplattenkritik.de/component/content/article/66-bestenlisten-2002/295-bestenliste-1-2002 |date=22 July 2011 }} Details about the prize In 2002, Gheorghiu won the Echo Klassik Award for "Female Singer of the Year".{{cite press release |url=https://www.presseportal.de/pm/7840/360419 |title=Preisträger "Echo Klassik 2002" bekannt gegeben |date=26 June 2002 |lang=de |publisher=ZDF |via=Presseportal.de}} In 2004, Gheorghiu won the Best Opera Recording in the Victoires de la musique classique for Bizet's Carmen issued by EMI Classics.{{cite web|url=http://www.france3.fr/emissions/les-victoires-de-la-musique-classique/2004_443831|title=Les Victoires de la Musique Classique|website=France3.fr}}

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.{{fact|date=May 2024}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.icma-info.com/winners-2013/|title=Winners 2013|access-date=30 June 2019|website=International Classical Music Awards}}

In May 2014, she was included in the Gramophone Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=http://revistamuzicala.radioromaniacultural.ro/?p=4572 |title=Angela Gheorghiu, Radu Lupu, Dinu Lipatti şi Sergiu Celibidache în Gramophone Hall of Fame! |website=Revista Muzicală Radio |date=23 May 2014 |language=ro |access-date=10 January 2017 |archive-date=20 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820211112/http://revistamuzicala.radioromaniacultural.ro/?p=4572 |url-status=dead }} On 2 October 2015, she was awarded the European Cultural Award in a special gala ceremony at the Dresden Frauenkirche.{{Cite web |url=http://www.europaeische-kulturstiftung.com/verleihung.php |title=Europäischer Kulturpreis 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725011236/http://www.europaeische-kulturstiftung.com/verleihung.php |archive-date=2016-07-25 |url-status=dead |website=Europäische Kulturstiftung }}{{cite news |url=https://www.dw.com/de/europäischer-kulturpreis-in-dresden-verliehen/a-18758584 |title=Europäischer Kulturpreis in Dresden verliehen |trans-title=European Cultural Prize Awarded in Dresden |date=2 October 2015 |publisher=DW |language=de }}

Gheorghiu received the "Victoire d'Honneur" (Honour of Victory) award in the 2018 Victoires de la musique classique,{{cite news |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/actualites/1/culture/victoires-de-la-musique-classique-hommage-a-angela-gheorghiu_1987605.html |title=Victoires de la musique classique: hommage à Angela Gheorghiu |date=24 February 2018 |work=L'Express |language=fr |agency=Agence France-Presse }} and "Premio Puccini" award from the Foundation of Festival Puccini in the same year.{{cite news |url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/spettacoli/teatro/ad_angela_gheorghiu_celebrata_soprano_il_premio_giacomo_puccini_2018-4170184.html |title=Ad Angela Gheorghiu, celebrata soprano, il Premio Giacomo Puccini 2018 |date=13 December 2018 |language=it |work=Il Messaggero}} In March 2019 she received the Global Star award in the "BraVo" International Professional Music Award in a ceremony held at the Bolshoi Theatre.{{cite news |url=https://www.romania-insider.com/index.php/angela-gheorghiu-travolta-bolshoi |title=Romanian diva gets Global Star award from John Travolta at Bolshoi Theater |date=21 March 2019 |website=Romania Insider}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.angelagheorghiu.com/biography.html |title=Biography on official website |access-date=30 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113033109/http://www.angelagheorghiu.com/biography.html |archive-date=13 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}

In December 2010, Gheorghiu was presented the Order of the Star of Romania in the grade of Commander.{{cite news |url=https://www.mediafax.ro/cultura-media/angela-gheorghiu-onorata-pe-scena-teatrului-national-printr-un-spectacol-inedit-7855898 |title=Angela Gheorghiu, onorată pe scena Teatrului Naţional printr-un spectacol inedit |trans-title=Angela Gheorghiu, honored on the stage of the National Theater through an unusual show |date=31 December 2010 |website=Mediafax |language=ro}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.familiaregala.ro/ro/familia-regala-astazi/ordine-si-medalii/nihil-sine-deo/|title=Decorația Regala Nihil Sine Deo|website=Familia Regala}}

Gheorghiu holds honorary doctorates from George Enescu National University of Arts (2010),{{cite news |first=Victoria |last=Cantir |url=http://www.ziaruldeiasi.ro/mozaic/angela-gheorghiu-si-costin-miereanu-vor-primi-titlul-de-doctor-honoris-causa-al-universitatii-de-arte-din-iasi~ni6st1 |work=Ziarul de Iasi |date=7 December 2010 |trans-title=Angela Gheorghiu and Costin Miereanu will receive the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Arts in Iasi |title=Angela Gheorghiu si Costin Miereanu vor primi titlul de Doctor Honoris Causa al Universitatii de Arte din Iasi |language=ro}} Gheorghe Dima Music Academy (2014),{{cite web|url=http://www.clujulcultural.ro/soprana-angela-gheorghiu-a-devenit-de-astazi-doctor-honoris-causa-al-academiei-de-muzica/|title=Soprana Angela Gheorghiu a devenit de astăzi Doctor Honoris Causa al Academiei de Muzică|website=Clujulcultural.ro |date=3 October 2014 |language=ro |trans-title=Soprano Angela Gheorghiu became today Doctor Honoris Causa of the Academy of Music}} University of Bucharest (2017).{{cite news |url=https://adevarul.ro/cultura/arte/soprana-angela-gheorghiu-distinsa-universitatea-bucuresti-titlul-doctor-honoris-causa-1_5926daaa5ab6550cb86fd5c0/index.html |title=Soprana Angela Gheorghiu, distinsă de Universitatea din București cu titlul de Doctor Honoris Causa |date=25 May 2017 |language=ro |work=Adevărul |first=Otilia |last=Andrei}}

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• List of music released by Romanian artists that has charted in major music markets

• {{cite book |last1=Gheorghiu |first1=Angela |last2=Tolansky |first2=Jon |date=4 September 2018 |title=Angela Gheorghiu: A Life for Art |publisher=University Press of New England |isbn=978-1-6116-8912-9 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2018/10/Departments/Angela_Gheorghiu__A_Life_for_Art.html |title=Angela Gheorghiu: A Life for Art |date=October 2018 |work=Opera News |volume=83 |number=4 |access-date=28 April 2019 |archive-date=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428130516/https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2018/10/Departments/Angela_Gheorghiu__A_Life_for_Art.html |url-status=dead }}
• {{cite book |last1=Gheorghiu |first1=Angela |last2=Tolansky |first2=Jon |date=17 September 2021 |title=Angela Gheorghiu: O viata pentru arta |publisher=Curtea Veche Publishing |isbn=9786064409942 }}{{Cite web|url=https://carturesti.ro/carte/o-viata-pentru-arta-1271660749|title=O viata pentru arta|website=Carturesti.ro|access-date=7 September 2024}}

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