Angela Gheorghiu | Classical review

Royal Festival Hall, LondonWith two arias and four duets, plus four encores and three frocks, Angela Gheorghiu was certainly more visible in her Southbank International Voices date than Renée Fleming was a week or so ago. She was also in marvellous voice, her rich blend of colours matching the emotional restraint of Pleurez, Pleurez Mes Yeux from Massenet's Le Cid perfectly. Her other major solo, Morro from Verdi's A Masked Ball, was a little heavy for her lyric soprano but imaginatively sha...

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