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  • angela ghergheu e l'unica che non ci fa rimpiangere la divina maria callas, brava angela

  • l'erede di maria callas ,quando l'ascolto mi succede di confonderla per la divina maria callas.

  • Pity it's all mimed and totally out of sync as well. She a wonderful singer but instead of a camera that never stops moving why not get the basics right?

    Angela 10. EMI Zero.

  • Ma perché tutti sti confronti con la callas?anche x me è insuperata,però,pace all'anima sua,è morta...bisognerà anche andare avanti...e guardare le brave soprano che abbiamo oggi!sennò sembra che girate su youtube a commentare su ogni video che la callas è meglio...

  • Evidemment ce n'est pas Callas !! Mais la voix est belle ,puis stop au médisance .

    Il est vrai qu'on ne peut plaire à tous .C'est un beau moment de belle musique.

  • I feel like slashing my wrists,remindme not to ever listen to this bitch again!!My show bitch sings better!!Roberto,you saved yourself from this crap,be happy and find yourself a real love!!!

  • @muzhelozhstvo007 :)) they are back together actually:)) in your face.

  • HAHA! MARIEEEEL!!!!!!!! Me encanta que sean tus videos los que mas encuentro cuando busco a Angela xD Y me hace llorar esta mujeeeeeeeeeeeer.

  • she is so beautiful

  • You don't know how hard is to be a young wannabe soprano in this days.The youth are so hard to delight..they majority are listening only nowdays music.. there are the people who hurt your feeling without knowing how hard is to actually SING..they are like "OMG! you have such a weird voice..like a soprano." "shut up..I hate classical music! is sooo boring!". I only hope there is a chance for the new generation. God help us,please!

  • @fantasyfair2009 All we have to do is keep trying and never give up. No matter what people say and their tastes in music.

  • Бог просто так не раздает лица,,,

  • Amazing performance but STOP MOVING THE F***ING VIDEO!!! I got sea sick after 30s

  • Amazing..... Simply amazing...

  • großartig!!!

  • Haha classic fm ftw! Fuck you Justin bieber.

  • A little too trill for my liking. Joan Sutherland is more to my liking. But must admit she is better than Montserrat

  • The most beautiful video on youtube

  • Beautiful ;,o) why the xfactor exists is beyond me...

  • Что за голос!Как это может человек сделать???

    Неземная музыка Беллини,неземной голос Анджелы...Таю.

  • amazing

  • Excelenta interpretare  .

  • good but i still prefer the beauty in the voice of monserrat her voice is angelic... but still love angela

  • J'aime cette interprétation ..

    

  • Ci sono rari casi un in cui bellezza e bravura convergono- bene-se la perfezione e' Divina in questo rarissimo caso ci si avvicina di moltissimo!!

  • hermosa la voz, conectada con esta bella cancion cual resultado es una reliquia.

  • Only one thing to say about this, its a VOCAL MASTERPIECE.

  • This is so beautiful, I have to say that on this occasion, i prefer it to Anna Netrebko's

  • Toujours comparer à....Calas était Calas, Angela ne démérite pas, c'est une soprano incontestable, merci pour cette vidéo

  • Oser reprendre "casta diva" après la divine Maria Callas. Quelle impudence !

  • I just wrote a post bad mouthing the awful advertisement....but then my heart melted listening to this wonderful lady, and i thought - maybe without the advertisers then we would not be able to enjoy this wonderful music absolutely for free???

    Just a thought....

  • Voce de inger,amazing when I hear her I have tears

  • Sublime! On a par with my other favourite, Joan Sutherland, methinks - although the renditions are different...

  • Dej cie sa zic i supier fain. Brava.

  • Great vocals

  • Beautiful voice for a great song, but the video is jarring and dizzying.

  • What a nightmare: a commercial ad at the beginning of this clip! It is especially annoying when the clip is embedded in a playlist and instead of moving from music to music you move from music to ad to music to ad...

    I will make sure never to buy the things they advertise.

  • @SavHub agreed, and the advertised product is permanently off any purchase consideration from me

  • @SavHub Couldn't agree more. As I do my homework I listen to Angela's playlist. However, every time the video skips I get the most obnoxious advertisements. Although I understand their purpose, I still wish you could at least skip them all rather then having to mute it for 16 seconds.

    Honestly, who really clicks on them?

  • @SavHub good lad

    

  • Piękne wykonanie ,brawo

  • Mr Nobody brought me here!

  • Bella interpretazione di Angela che si va ad aggiungere a quelle classiche delle grandi interpreti del passato di tale sublime preghiera!

  • Muzica asta trece prin inima si ajunge in adancul sufletului! Cred ca e banal ce afirm dar vocea e divina.

  • @yoannahannibal Nu e nimic banal, e realitate pura.:)

  • Tell Nathan Jaye he can't marry her - she's already married to tenor, /Roberto Alagna.

  • STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL....... AS WELL AS THE CONTROL HELD OVER OF THIS AMAZING VOICE....

  • Let's get married, it will be lovely

  • brings tears of joy to my eyes

  • THis is far by the most superior rendition by Angela Gheorghiu I have ever heard and I've heard a lot the control in her voice is superb. I would love to be able to sing loke this!!!! A bit late now i think. Oh if you could turn back the clock.

  • Colora40 Yes Callas had beautiful voice,but Georghiu use her voice better way.I don`t know if tecnique to learn was different.Georghiu has beautiful upper register.IT is difficult to compair as someone said Caruso is better than Alagna.My God he has not sin at modern time,so who knows who is better or best.

  • @MrsNatashaJonas Its out there.  Do the search.

  • No romanian comment!? MOTHER FUCKIN INCULTS!!

  • @andydj96 uncultivated, my fault

  • @andydj96 Ador aceasta interpretare, care mi se pare de departe mai buna decat cea a Mariei Callas, cu mult mai multa sensibilitate si pasiune!

  • @ilincaz1 de fapt, sunt de aceeasi parere

  • @andydj96 multumesc pentru sustinere!:)

  • @andydj96 who cares whether it is romainian or russian or english or french or italian -- it is beautiful music. So lovely. I bet Heaven will showcase her if we make it.

  • @andydj96 You are an incult ,your vocabulary proves it.

  • @listentodutchhouse excuse me, kind sir, but from time to time i make mistakes in my vocabulary because of some thoughts i don't think twice and I believe I'm not the single human on the Earth to do that. P.S. : For the fact that I am 14 years old and that I listen to Chopin and Pavarotti frequently for a few years I could say that I'm a little more cult than people my age. Correct me if I'm wrong :) .

  • @andydj96 hipster!

  • this video reeks of pop music video technique - she deserves better than to be so superficially showcased

  • @fanufanufan agreed. her voice is too magnificent for such a tacky video

  • @fanufanufan agreed. her voice is too magnificent for such a tacky video

  • Magnifique, sans réserves!

  • She looks just like Diva from Blood+

  • I must say I had never heard her rendition of my favorite aria and definitely she is up there with the greatest performance of Casta Diva I thought no one could reach of Montserrat Caballe... but this lady is up there.

  • La voie est très belle. Quelle dommage que cette vidéo donne le mal de mer ! Les mouvements sont trop rapides et les plans trop courts pour apprécier et voir le travail de l'interprète. Cela donne l'impression d'un play back (cela ne m'étonnerait pas).

  • The most beautiful opera singer I have ever seen !

  • Casta diva is so hypnotizing when you listen to it. Then when it stops you snap out of the trance and want to hear it all over again.

  • te amo !

  • she's good too, but pls dont try to compare with maria calass... none can sing as maria was

  • La voix et la femme sont d'une grande beaute ainsi que le chant .Il manque juste une vraie personnalite, un engagement personnel, un "en plus" qui fait les plus grandes.

  • OH SO BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU U-TUBE THANK YOU ANGELA THANK YOU BELLINI

    WHAT A BEAUTIFUL OPERA ..

  • OH SO BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU U-TUBE THANK ANGELA THANK YOU BELLINI

    WHAT A BEAUTIFUL OPERA ..

  • WOW jabym sluchala Callas niesamowity sopran prawdziwa diva mam tylko nadzieje ze uda mi sie posuchac Angela GHEORGHIU na zywo bo z wielka przyjemnoscia pojde na koncet

  • wonderful!

  • She belongs to that minute echelon that does this right! Muzio, Ponsele, Callas, Caballe, etc.

  • magnifique superbe voix j'aime beaucoup

  • it seems more from coco Chanel commercial.... 

  • Aceasta piesa apare in Mr Nobody,nu?

  • @Marian3213 da

  • Uczta dla duszy, aż ciarki po plecach.

  • Can I just say... GORGEOUS DRESS! This is one of my favourte arias, and she sings it beautifully, but gosh, what a frock. :) Thanks for posting the vid! :)

  • i love this rendition....im an ageing rocker but this gives me goosebumps....beautiful

  • She's only OK. She lacks the pathos that this aria demands.

    Callas is still my preferred as it should be since she used this aria, probably one of the most difficult ever written, to warm up prior to going on stage. Thanks!

  • Norma is one of my favorite operas, but Angela is not a "standard" in this role. Her tone is too dark and "heavy" for this aria. The amazing thing about her is that I have heard her sing everything from contralto to coloratura capably. That's amazing. Also, mezzos with good upper ranges are my favorite, and she sure comes close. I still don't think anyone can touch Callas in this role.

  • @79barkingspider Can anybody, or will anybody ever touch Callas? I think not.

  • @79barkingspider You are quite right. Her voice is not right for this role. She is OK here and there but the voice timbre is not suitable. For the whole opera a much bigger, fuller, richer and more agile voice is required. It is a different matter to record a few arias from performing the whole opera on stage. In a recording studio it is a lot easier. You can do several takes and stop and start but live on stage is a different story. Also it is quite long and a lot of stamina is needed.

  • @79barkingspider If you are interested to hear the spectacular coloratura singing look on you tube for Callas singing "D'amore al dolce impero" from ""Armida" particularly the 1952 recording. You will see what I mean. Callas had a 3 octave range which is very rare, which meant that she could reach very low notes with equal ease as high notes up to E6.

  • I LOVE, ANGELA!!!

  • brill made me me cryx

    

  • She is so usual, no fase

  • franciscojavier2707 No spanish at all, but because our heritage of latin language I understood every thing you wrote about this Romanian nightingale. Your words reflects your profound inteligence, your culture as long with your great taste of opera. There's no one better then Angelica right now. and indeed she takes me to heaven with her beatiful voice.You should see and listen her at Kennedy Center Honnoring Grace Bumbry. She is magnificent Don Javier thank youso much for your trmendous words!

  • It is strange that now the fans of Angela, they look beautiful singing of the soprano and underestimate the valuable work even Callas. Great not only for voice, interpretation and personification, if not for the restoration he did. The strange thing is that even if one thinks that is better than Callas, all comparisons are precisely Callas, Caballe or Sutherland not ... jehje, I think there can see which version or interpretation is really the standard at the time =) Very good Gheorghiu

  • She has a celestial voice! And she's A Romanian beaty, too.Hope she will divorce easely of that sucker. Good luck, diva you are our Godess in Carpathian mountains!

    God Bless You!

  • THE voice of THE GODDESS: good bye Callas, hello Gheorghiu! But the damned constant camera action is enough to make one dizzy! Keep the camera shot on her from one or two angles, not one or two every milli-second!

  • The weird thing is that she is internationaly known, but in Romania she is unheard of.

  • Strange but I like this singing much better than Callas/ Callas is too sharp, non melodious, especially later Callas. Callas can't play with her voice like Georghiu can. This one seems in possession of full power of her voice and she never goes to the limit and Callas is on the limit all the time. I honestly cannot understand why people like Callas of the end of her career at all. Probably only as the memory of the beginning and middle of her career.

  • @Nushika9 I'm not saying Gheorghiu isn't talented. She 's fabulous. This is a very well sung Casta Diva (and in her CD album a nice Ah bello a me ritorna) but this is like so many beautifully performed concert & recital versions I've heard from Leontyne Price, Renee Fleming, Cecilia Bartoli, Anna Netrebko & Inessa Galante; gifted but who can't sing all of Norma. In recent years only Jane Eaglen has been an outstanding Norma. Again, just Casta Diva isn't all of Norma!

  • @OperaMystery80 I do not know the entire opera. I sang another lyrics on the melody of Casta Diva myself. You can check it out on my channel, the name is "Bezhezk". So I know this aria. I can't myself of course sing like Gheorghiu, Gallante, Netrebko, etc. I never worked seriously on my voice and never was the professional, but I know very well how to exercise and to develop voice, achieving perfection or almost. Dramatic difficulties of the part of Norma I am not much interested to discuss.

  • Callas died! Angela lives! Wake up, what the hell!

  • agreed. no one can match callas's norma. although i heard colors in gheorghius voice reminiscent of callas, im curious to hear angela do the entire opera. one aria out of the opera does not make norma norma.

  • @ivantwill Exactly what I said. But today's major sopranos are scared to death of singing Norma! They just sing Casta Diva in recital. They're such chickens. Very rarely you hear Norma somewhere in some European opera company. They don't have it in America (when was the last time they had Norma at the Met ?) or major world opera houses (not even at La Scala, where the crowds and critics are vicious). Fleming, Gheorgiu, Netrebko and others today can't sing Norma. It belongs to Callas.

  • I agree with you. Since Caballe and Sutherland, one considered the successor to Callas in the most general and the other, the continuation of their tradition, there has been no standard should be. Standard is made​for a coloratur soprano, which is not Gheorghiu ... Callas could be the teacher of Gheorghiu because she managed as any from the low notes to the treble, and look her low was almost contraltino or mezzosoprano and her treble was light, also she was master of coloratura.

  • @Alleeexoscm Oh, GOD! Maria Callas is gone. Angela Gheorghiu is alive and well. Pray God for that! There two sopranos of different time. One comes from Julliard School of Music, in Manhattan, NY and the other one comes from Comunism Romanian after four years of Lyceum of Music and another 4 or 5 of Romanian Music Conservatorium just enough to be admitted as soprano at Covent Garden. There's no one better then her. So please let's be nice to her, enjoy her singing and please the God for HIs gift!

  • @OperaMystery80 You are right most sopranos today don't sing Norma because THEY CAN'T. Norma is LONG, it is HARD, it needs tremendous technique, and stamina. I heard Callas singing Norma live at La Scala in the 50s. It was an unforgettable experience as were all the other operas I heard her sing live. I cannot think of any other opera performances I have attended since then (and I have attended very many) who have left such an impression on me. I have seen a couple of Normas since........

  • @OperaMystery80 ...but they weren't worth it. I don't bother now. It is a waste of time. Callas interpreted each character because she bothered to study and understand them. Most others, including Sutherland etc just sing the notes. It is not about a pretty voice and high notes. Can you name one modern soprano who could sing "In mia man" or "Deh non volerli vittime" in a credible way? Or take on Medea? Callas didn' t take short cuts to "save her voice" She would regard it as dishonest.

  • @Ariadne7710 Callas loved Caballe as Norma; Caballe came to see Callas in Paris to get advice on how to sing Norma. Caballe did a great job and she might still count as a "modern"singer; she sang opera actively through the 60's, 70's and 80's. I also like Shirley Verrett as Norma, also singing it in the 70's/80's. But in our current time no one sings Norma. Callas is the winner on that one;; she was the one and only true Norma

  • @OperaMystery80 Although I have not heard Caballe live singing Norma from the recordings I have heard she was fine. I would say she is the next best but a long way behind. What separates Callas from the rest is not just the vocal rendition but the interpretative aspect. In scenes of intense drama and distress she conveys those feelings in a very real way. Her duet with Adalgisa in this particular recording is equally moving. And the last aria "Deh non volerli vittime" is heartbreaking.

  • If Gheorgiu is so good at this, why doesn't she perform the entire Norma, instead of just the Casta Diva & Ah bello a me ritorna? Today's opera stars can't sing all of Norma. A few now and then do it justice, namely lesser known European, Spanish/Latin Americans, but not the major stars. Fleming & Gheorghiu can sing Casta Diva & Ah Bello a me Ritorna but that's it. The role is hard and too associated with Callas whose superiority everyone's afraid of. I like Elinor Ross after Callas

  • @OperaMystery80: Callas was stupid enough not to protect her voice: she sang too much, too high, and too loud, and as a result she was out of the business quite early. Gheorghiu made it clear in her interviews that protecting her voice for the long term is her key criterion in choosing her repertoire. When asked about Norma she said "not yet". From the mere fact that Gheorghiu sings Casta Diva very well, it doesn't follow that she must perform the entire Norma. It's a non sequitur.

  • @SavHub Callas wasn't stupid nor "out of the business" early. She sang through 4 decades - the 40's (when she started as a teenager), the 50's, the 60's and the 70's. Her career was 40 years long. If she sang too much, too high, too loud, what an awesome gift she gave to us for that. Even if it means having vocal problems later on, it was still a glorious comet that passed in the world of opera. Callas will still be talked about in 100 years, but Gheorgiu ?

  • I listen to this rendition of Casta Diva about 3 times daily...It's how I meditate & calm down...I wish someone would upload her recording of "Ah bello a me ritorna" as well (as a separate clip).

  • @SavHub

    You must be very ignorant to call Maria Callas, stupid. Callas was another time, she went through WWII, back and fower from NY to Grece, then Italy, then went finally she understand the mistake of singing different roles, was to late for her voice. She was not loud, or not to loud, but contrary, an amazing musician, and she did adapted her voice to the caracter. Listen to Butterfly, she is different, listen to Tosca, she is different, and so on. She re-discover Norma, Sonnambula...

  • SUBLICIMMMME SUBLIMISSSIMMMA

  • @Chirikumo17 One sould love country & God. Bless you, family & friends.

  • no `podria nadie igualar su perfeccion;formidable !!

  • this babe could hold her own with the best, i think.

  • This interpretation is actually good.But the first time I heard Casta Diva was from Maria Callas...And Maria WAS Norma...

  • The only perfect (or near perfect) Casta Diva there is. Compared to Maria Callas' mortal endeavor, this is a feat beyond human power.

  • NEW MUSIC GROUP CAN DIN SKY

  • Моя любимейшая ария.

    Необыкновенно красивая певица. Настоящая оперная дива.

    Она и Мария Каллас...лучше них никто это не исполняет.

  • PERFECTO.MAM GĘSIĄ SKÓRĘ.COŚ PIĘKNEGO.

  • Agree with Ariadne that Angela's Visse d"arte is wonderful. Here she sings sweetly but the camera work - all dutch angles, cuts and constantly on the move - is an unworthy distraction from the dignity of her performance.

  • @HiroAkemi82 You are so right. I was thinking tonight about great Sopranos around right now that are living in the shadow of Callas, Caballe and Sutherland and others. It has got to be hard for fantastic sopranos like Angela GHEORGHIU and contemporary artists. They need love too and Angela is absolutely a great Lyric Soprano and actress. If you read this Angela, we do love you too!

    We need to realize how much work and sacrifice people in opera put in and show them the respect they deserve.

  • @HiroAkemi82 You are so right. I was thinking tonight about great Sopranos around right now that are living in the shadow of Callas, Caballe and Sutherland and others. It has got to be hard for fantastic sopranos like Angela GHEORGHIU and contemporary artists. They need love to and Angela is absolutely a great Lyric Soprano and actress. If you read this Angela, we do love you too!

    We need to realize how much work and sacrifice people in opera put in and show them the respect they deserve.

  • Stupendous.

    

  • SOMETHING'S GOTTEN HOLD ON MY HEART NOW <3 ,,,,,

  • Some people keep comparing artists. Callas, Angela, Dessi, Tebaldi are all different artists and should not be compared. They are unique, stop comparing people!

  • @AnoMundi  When they make new operas and are the first to sing those songs then people will stop comparing them, otherwise until then every woman who sings Carmen or any other piece will be compared to the woman who sung it before her. and her before her.

  • She have a concert with Placido Domingo on London at 29 july, O2 arena...

  • She have a concert with Placido Domingo on London at 29 july, O2 arena...

  • so.....how many sopranos does it take to change a light-bulb ?

    12 ! one to climb up the ladder , one to push her off the ladder and another ten to all say "it was too high for her anyway "......

  • cea mai frumoasa voce din Romania multumesc pentru aceasta arie

  • @liviaRUSU Ai dreptate , problema e că majoritatea dintre noi nu suntem conştienţi de asemenea valori pe care le avem.

  • I prefer Ms. Callas

  • Sublime.

  • Qué espanto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • inaltator maestra!!

  • frumusețea dumneavoastră nu se ofilește niciodată...vocea dumneavoastră suspină...eterică...

  • Голова закружилась смотреть ! Оператора повесить!!!

  • Nice, but was it really necessary to film it on a merry-go-round?

  • Excuse my spelling typos! Many violinists make a beautiful sound and have a good technical command of their instrument ... but not all can play Paganini and combine the expressive beauty needed to thrill and move an audience. For me, great Bel Canto divas and divos are akin to the great violin virtuosos!

  • I like her, but there is something strange. This recording was taken in a studio and she sings beautifully here, but when I listen to her live performances (of an aria or a whole opera) she doesn't look so good at me... then, the question I have is: is she that good she looks or does she become good by using modern technologic cheats? Well, I don't know what to think.

  • o adevarata ste Angela Gheorghiu.....felicitari si succes in viata...

  • SIMPLY DIVINE!!!!!!

  • She is marvellous!

  • Închin profund Doamnă, din Basarabia.)

  • It matters not whether she is Romanian or Greek. She has the most marvellous voice , and I can listen to her for hours at a time. Whatever she sings, she sings with passion and assurance and it is a foregone conclusion that she will go down in Opera History as one of the Greats. She is marvellous!

    Basil

  • Dio quando la gente si può finalmente smettere di sabbering su Callas tutto il tempo? C'erano e ci sono Normas tanti altri ottimi in giro. E il greco Metal Sound non è sempre stato eccellente sia. Lei è e d a d. Angela è posta aliv e certamente una delle più brillanti jeqwels in vita al giorno d'oggi opera

  • She has an amazingly beautiful tone. Up there with Sills (who has the most heartbreakingly beautiful version) or Sutherland, whos version is the most astonishingly powerful, this is the best I've heard. Callas version is not really at this level.

  • She has an amazingly beautiful tone. Up there with Sills (who has the most heartbreakingly beautiful verion) or Sutherland, whos version is the most astonishingly powerful, this is the best I've heard. Callas version is not really at this level.

  • A question here - how easy is it for a soprano such as Angela to move into Bel Canto roles ... I mean at music college, is Coloratura taught as an option? How is it decided that a soprano is a certain type? Pardon the ignorance, but I do feel she has a wonderful voice, but would she be able to sing roles such as Lucia, Lucrezia Borgia, Roberto Devereux, Beatrice etc? ... I hope she can and does!

  • @hayyu2008 To sing belcanto you need a voice with an excellent range, exceptional top notes, great agility, clarity, amazing breath control and great stamina. Also you need the ability to sing very long legato lines. A voice must have some of these qualities naturally (agility in particular) before attempting to "learn" the bel canto repertoire. No matter how much you want to do it if the vocal cords are not able to do it then best not to try. AngelaGeorgiu's voice is not suitable.

  • @Ariadne7710 ... Many thanks for your answer. I guess there are many who aspire to sing Bel Canto, but just do not have all the qualities needed. I suppose a beautiful-sounding voice is not sufficient.

  • @Ariadne7710 ...Yesterday, I heard the perfect example of the requirements of Bel Canto ... Beverly Sill and Angela Gheorgiu singing 'Giusto ciel, in tal periglio', from Rossini's 'L'Assedio Di Corinto'... Gheorghiu has a beautiful tone to her voice, but there is no way she could have managed the coloratura elements sung by the great Sills. ... Beauty and stunning vocal virtuosity, coupled with bravura. Gheorghiu is wise and sticks with what she does marvellously.

  • @hayyu2008 Absolutely. Also, it is one thing to sing the odd aria from an opera especially in a recording studio, but to tackle a whole opera live on stage with the need to project the voice to the back of the top tiers of the opera house, and not run out of puff before the end of say 3 hours is a whole different story. On top of all the voice qualities, you need lung power and stamina, and with some of the newer productions there is all the running and jumping around all over the stage too!!

  • @Ariadne7710 ... It seems that many sopranos would like to think they can sing Bel Canto; perhaps nostalgia for a golden age, inspiration from great sopranos. Whetever tha case, many seem to make the mistake of taking on roles they just can't sing. I'm no expert at all, just passionate about Bel Canto. I believe Joan Sutherland commented on young 'commercial' sopranos not being nearly ready, neither echnically nor in terms of maturity, to be able to tackle these great, yet daunting roles.

  • @hayyu2008 Yes you are right. Lots of young singers male and female want to do it because audiences love it and are thrilled by the vocal acrobatics of Bel Canto. Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti composed several Operas for Isabella Colbran, Maria Malibran (who was very young) and Giuditta Pasta all of whom had reputedly amazing vocal abilities and did justice to them. Today, Juan Diego Florez, Natalie Dessay and Joyce di Donato are natural bel canto singers, the rest have to work much harder.

  • @Ariadne7710 I love Angela, but I tend to agree that her voice is unsuitable to BelCanto. I say that, yet I love her Vissi d'arte. What do you think Angela's niche is? Also what do you think of Sumi Jo, very different from Angela, but both have beautiful tone?

  • @79barkingspider She is a lyric soprano. She sings Boheme, Traviata Tosca etc wonderfully but is unsuitable for Bel canto. She can and does sing some arias in concert but would not be able to sing a whole opera such as Lucia. She does not have a large range either. Sumi Jo is a coloratura soprano. Her top register and agility are fantastic but again not a large range, in her case not a good low register. They should do the type of singing that they can do well, and leave the rest alone.

  • @OldAthenian The name Gheorghiu is a relic of a previous marriage to a plumbing engineer. At 39, at the height of her career, does she regret not changing it?"It's not so important. My family name, by which I'm still known in Adjud,where I was born, was Burlacu. But the name Gheorghiu belongs to one the most important artistic families in Romania, and I am on good terms with

    my ex-husband's family. His father, Stefan, was a violinist, and his uncle

    Valentin a pianist and composer.

  • this wonderful woman spreads love all over around with her singing