Angela Gheorghiu - Live from Covent Garden

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Summary: Fantastic voice - great charisma - excellent concert.
Review: ANGELA GHEORGHIU - LIVE FROM COVENT GARDEN, LONDON.

The opening song is LASCIA CH'IO PIANGA from Händel's opera RINALDO. It's a very beautiful song.
DEPUIS LE JOUR is a amazing. Angela Gheorghiu has great charisma with a lovely smile.

UN BEL DI, VEDREMO from MADAM BUTTERFLY by Puccini. Angela has a fantastic voice, with warm and fullness.
ECCO: RESPIRO APPENA. LO SON L'UMILE ANCELLA. Angela sings it marvellous.

Angela sings CASTA DIVA live on stage The song is also as a special music video on this DVD. This is a very impressive song, with a quietness you don't find in pop/rock music. The song has the time it takes to blossom beautifully. Angela's voice is very beautiful.

Puccino's O MIO BABBINO CARO. Is one of the most beautiful arias. It's so wonderful.

The final song is I COULD HAVE DANCE ALL NIGHT from MY FAIR LADY. It's a lively and lovely song.

This is a wonderful concert and the sound on the DVD is excellent.

Rating:
Summary: Beautiful in every way
Review: Angela Gheorghiu has obviously received great training in cultivating her natural talent, and the result is phenomenal. I can't get enough of this woman. I like the musical choices on this DVD. It's not the standard greatest hits material. It's all wonderful, but Casta Diva and the Romanian aria are particularly fantastic.

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Summary: Gheorghiu se consolida como una de las divas del momento
Review: En este breve (56 minutos) pero sustancioso recital (grabado en Junio de 2001 en el Covent Garden londinense), la soprano rumana ANGELA GHEORGHIU se confirma como una de las grandes divas del panorama actual. Con una presencia escenica y una elegancia de una sola pieza, Gheorghiu irrumpe en el escenario del Covent Garden con paso firme, y en todo momento su saber estar es un deleite para la vista. ¡Que clase! En lo vocal (una vez mas) saca a relucir toda sus armas al maximo nivel: la belleza de la voz, la buena tecnica, el gusto, la expresividad...Todo esta perfecto en un programa que toca los estilos mas diversos (Haendel, Mozart, Massenet, Charpentier, Puccini, Cilea, Bellini y hasta el musical con Loewe). En cada intervencion, la Gheorghiu rezuma perfeccion por los cuatro costados. La orquesta del Covent Garden (dirigida por ION MARIN, que asume su papel de secundario ante la presencia de la diva acompañando con mucha calidad) suena divinamente y el exito es clamoroso. Un espectaculo digno de contemplar una y mil veces.
Son de agradecer los extras: una entrevista con Gheorghiu, una galeria fotografica de la diva y un video promocional con el aria 'Casta Diva' (que tambien aparece en el recital) con una Gheorghiu glamourosisima haciendo playback.
Un bello documento todo el para disfrutar muchas veces y disfrutar con el arte de la que es, sin la menor duda, una de las cantantes con mas clase y estilo de nuestros dias.

Rating:
Summary: A treasure
Review: I personally don't believe Angela Gheorghiu is the "next Callas"--she's not neurotic enough. She has a beautiful voice, excellent control, wonderful accuracy of pitch and timing, and she sings from the depths of her heart, living the piece. Absolutely charming. But she's not a Callas. The Callas fire simply isn't there; no tempestuous wild animal quality to sear your soul. But that doesn't mean Angela Gheorghiu isn't great to watch and to listen to. And this concert is beautifully recorded--the Dolby Digital sound is fantastic, with a superb balance between the orchestra and the diva (although when we hear the applause, it sounds as though it's coming through a tunnel), but the concert sound is as close to perfect as we find these days. The concert itself is also well balanced with a good range of very beautiful music. It's a great addition to my collection, and I'll listen to it often. You won't be disappointed--unless you're expecting Callas.

Rating:
Summary: A treasure
Review: I personally don't believe Angela Gheorghiu is the "next Callas"--she's not neurotic enough. She has a beautiful voice, excellent control, wonderful accuracy of pitch and timing, and she sings from the depths of her heart, living the piece. Absolutely charming. But she's not a Callas. The Callas fire simply isn't there; no tempestuous wild animal quality to sear your soul. But that doesn't mean Angela Gheorghiu isn't great to watch and to listen to. And this concert is beautifully recorded--the Dolby Digital sound is fantastic, with a superb balance between the orchestra and the diva (although when we hear the applause, it sounds as though it's coming through a tunnel), but the concert sound is as close to perfect as we find these days. The concert itself is also well balanced with a good range of very beautiful music. It's a great addition to my collection, and I'll listen to it often. You won't be disappointed--unless you're expecting Callas.

Rating:
Summary: The 21th century Callas
Review: Though she's very original and proud of it, Gheorghiu is really the new Callas; she can sing anything, with a superb sense of stage and style, a warm and beautiful voice with a strong technique based on the very Bel Canto italian school.
The highest results are obtained with Charpentier's Louise, Puccini's Liù and Bellini's Norma.
At least a true opera star, and also a Beauty. I'm looking forward to her next concert to be captured in dvd.
Buy it !!!!