臺北市立交響樂團

超級巨星安琪拉‧蓋兒基爾，當代最迷人、最具天賦的歌劇演唱家，出生於羅馬尼亞小鎮阿德茹德。她自幼兒時期便已注定要成為歌者，她的天命在音樂。她就讀布加勒斯特的音樂學校，後畢業於布加勒斯特國立音樂大學，師承卓越的音樂教育家米亞‧巴布。蓋兒基爾女士華美的聲音與耀眼的舞台風采，使她成為獨一無二的國際歌劇超級巨星。
安琪拉‧蓋兒基爾在國際上的初次登台，是1992年於倫敦皇家歌劇院柯芬園的《波希米亞人》。同一年她也登上了紐約大都會歌劇院和維也納國立歌劇院的舞台。1994年，她在皇家歌劇院柯芬園首次飾唱她備受讚譽的《茶花女》，英國廣播公司（BBC）為轉播這場歌劇演出，排開了原定節目。有次排練時，指揮喬治‧蕭提爵士說：「我哭了。我必須離開一下。這女孩太完美了。她甚麼都辦得到。」這場演出亦由迪卡唱片公司錄影和錄音。報紙和雜誌宣告「一個明星誕生了」。自此，蓋兒基爾女士不斷收到來自世界各地歌劇院和音樂廳的邀約：紐約、倫敦、巴黎、薩爾茲堡、柏林、東京、羅馬、首爾、威尼斯、雅典、蒙地卡羅、芝加哥、費城（和費城管絃樂團）、聖保羅、洛杉磯、里斯本、瓦倫西亞、巴勒摩、巴勒貝克、阿姆斯特丹、吉隆坡、蘇黎世、維也納、薩爾茲堡、馬德里、巴塞隆納、瓦倫西亞、布拉格、蒙特婁、莫斯科、台北、聖胡安、盧比安納。
1995年她和迪卡唱片公司簽下第一張個人唱片合約，並和迪卡合作錄下數張專輯，包括DVD：和皇家歌劇院柯芬園管絃樂團的《茶花女》、和里昂歌劇院管絃樂團的《愛情靈藥》、和米蘭斯卡拉大劇院管絃樂團的《波希米亞人》；以及CD：和杜林皇家劇院管絃樂團的《歌劇詠唱調集》、和米蘭威爾第交響樂團的《威爾第之女英雄名曲》、和倫敦愛樂樂團的《我的世界》和《神秘》。
1998年她和EMI古典唱片公司簽下另一個人唱片合約。她和羅伯托‧阿藍尼亞及皇家歌劇院柯芬園管絃樂團錄製二重唱與詠唱調的專輯，和倫敦交響樂團錄下浦契尼很少被錄製的歌劇《燕子》，和國立土魯斯市政廳管絃樂團錄下古諾的《羅密歐與茱麗葉》，和羅伯托‧阿藍尼亞錄製第二張二重唱專輯《威爾第歌劇二重唱》時，是和指揮家阿巴多與柏林愛樂樂團合作。
其他在EMI錄製的專輯包括：浦契尼《三聯劇》中的《強尼‧史基基》、和倫敦交響樂團的馬斯奈《維特》、和布魯塞爾鑄幣局交響樂團的馬斯奈《瑪儂》、和倫敦交響樂團的威爾第《遊唱詩人》、和國立土魯斯市政廳管絃樂團的比才《卡門》、荷蘭女王碧翠克絲登基廿五週年紀念音樂會（2005年四月，CD和DVD）以及米蘭斯卡拉大劇院獨唱會現場。
在獨唱會《聖潔的女神》之後，是和德勒斯登國立樂團合作的《夏夜古典》音樂會現場錄音、和柏林愛樂樂團合作的威爾第《安魂曲》、以及2001年在皇家歌劇院的獨唱會，全都同步發行CD和DVD。2008年浦契尼歌劇詠唱調的獨唱會現場錄音，再次證明了蓋兒基爾女士深刻的音樂才能。
安琪拉‧蓋兒基爾最近發行的專輯包括馬斯卡尼《友人弗利茲》和喬大諾《費朵拉》的全本歌劇錄音（兩者皆由德意志留聲機公司（DG）發行）。大都會歌劇院《燕子》的現場演出（2009）以及皇家歌劇院的《浮士德》（2004）均在2011年由EMI古典唱片公司發行DVD。《阿德萊雅娜‧勒庫烏勒》（2010年錄製的皇家歌劇院製作）於2012年發行DVD。
2011年十一月，安琪拉‧蓋兒基爾發行了《向卡拉絲致敬》，一套受到瑪莉亞‧卡拉絲的事業和錄音所啟發，出自法語和義語劇目的著名歌劇詠唱調選集。馬可‧亞米利亞托指揮皇家愛樂樂團。2015年三月，華納古典唱片公司發行了8片CD加1片DVD的套裝精選輯《親筆簽名》，以慶祝職業生涯廿五週年。
她的所有CD均獲廣泛好評，且奪得許多獎項，如留聲機雜誌獎、金音叉唱片獎、法國世界音樂獎、比利時聖則濟利亞獎、德意志唱片評論獎、回聲唱片獎、義大利音樂與唱片的外語抒情製作獎、美國評論人獎等等。蓋兒基爾女士於2001和2010年兩度榮獲全英音樂獎「年度女性藝術家」頭銜。
1999年她極為成功地參與了慕尼黑的「麥可‧傑克森與朋友們」慈善音樂會。蓋兒基爾女士為皇家歌劇院柯芬園（1999年十二月）及威尼斯馬利布蘭劇院（2001年五月廿三日）重新開幕的演出獻唱，也參與了西班牙王后蘇菲亞出席的巴倫西亞新歌劇院的開幕演出（2005年十月）。她也為2002年六月一日的英國女王伊麗莎白二世登基五十週年古典逍遙音樂會的歷史盛會獻唱，該場音樂會亦有DVD發行。她也曾在其他場合為威爾斯親王查爾斯獻唱。2003年她受邀參與諾貝爾和平獎音樂會。
2000年十二月，蓋兒基爾女士在班諾‧賈克執導的《托斯卡》電影版中飾唱同名主角。電影在世界各地的戲院上映，且獲得大眾和評論者一致盛讚：「她是所有托斯卡中最感性的一位……安琪拉‧蓋兒基爾的激情與美，造就完美的托斯卡，簡直像是結合了卡拉絲和泰巴爾迪之詮釋當中最好的部分。」（美國《歌劇新聞》雜誌）。安琪拉‧蓋兒基爾出席了該電影2001年於威尼斯電影節的首映。蓋兒基爾女士也在《羅密歐與茱麗葉》電影版中詮釋茱麗葉，該電影的DVD由線上古典發行。
過去十年重要的演出經歷包括在皇家歌劇院受高度讚賞的《燕子》和《丑角》、奧朗日歌劇節和薩爾茲堡藝術節的《羅密歐與茱麗葉》、紐約大都會歌劇院、皇家歌劇院和蒙地卡羅歌劇院的《浮士德》、皇家歌劇院的《西蒙‧波卡涅拉》。還有在薩爾茲堡（薩爾茲堡藝術節）和維也納（黃金廳）的獨唱會，以及許多重要的音樂會如阿姆斯特丹（荷蘭女王碧翠克絲登基廿五週年紀念）、紐約（和紐約愛樂樂團的跨年音樂會）、費城（和費城管絃樂團），洛杉磯、溫哥華與多倫多（2011年四月），首爾、上海、瓦拉多利德（2011年五月），在倫敦O2體育館和普拉西多‧多明哥合作（2011年七月），2011年十二月杜哈卡塔拉圓形劇場開幕的音樂會（演出范吉利斯特地為此場合創作的作品），在阿曼的音樂會（2012年四月）並在布宜諾斯艾利斯哥倫布劇院的慶典音樂會和羅伯托‧阿藍尼亞合作（2012年四月）。這所有的演出都獲得絕佳的評價。
2006年一月，她在紐約大都會歌劇院的《茶花女》大獲成功。三個月後，四月，她以一場獨唱會初次登上米蘭斯卡拉大劇院的舞台，五月她為坎城影展揭開序幕。2006年六月，她在倫敦皇家歌劇院為她量身打造的《托斯卡》新製作裡初次登台飾唱托斯卡。接著她回到維也納國立歌劇院參與《波希米亞人》的演出（2006年十一月）然後是大都會歌劇院的《西蒙‧波卡涅拉》以及《茶花女》的慶典演出（2007年三月）。
2007年安琪拉‧蓋兒基爾於羅馬和米蘭再度參與《茶花女》的演出。她也在巴黎（普蕾亞音樂廳和加尼葉歌劇院）和洛杉磯舉辦了多場備受讚賞的音樂會。2007年九月，她在弗拉迪米爾‧柯斯瑪的歌劇《馬里斯和芳妮》於馬賽歌劇院的世界首演，擔綱飾唱女主角。接著她在舊金山參與《燕子》一系列極受讚譽的演出。蓋兒基爾女士在紐約大都會飾唱《波希米亞人》時，演出透過戲院傳送到超過一百五十萬名觀眾眼前。其他透過戲院轉播的演出包括米蘭和羅馬的《茶花女》及舊金山和紐約的《燕子》。
皇家歌劇院的2011/12新影院季透過世界各地數百間戲院轉播，開季的三個製作均由安琪拉‧蓋兒基爾擔任女主角：《浮士德》，現場直播（2011年九月）、《阿德萊雅娜‧勒庫烏勒》（2011年十月）和《托斯卡》（2011年十一月）。
2010年她初次登台演唱齊雷亞的《阿德萊雅娜‧勒庫烏勒》，皇家歌劇院柯芬園的新製作，演出備受讚賞。《觀察家報》讚道：「很難想像還有誰能在這部分表現得比安琪拉‧蓋兒基爾更好。她的聲音，輕如毛、稠似脂卻又有堅強的核心，正與她舞台上流暢的動作相稱。她是個天生的演員，不甚合理的死亡場景在她的詮釋下令人心碎地可信服，她的標誌詠唱調〈可憐的花〉簡直令人難以忘懷。」
2011年七月她在安東尼歐‧帕帕諾帶領的全明星卡司《托斯卡》製作裡飾唱同名主角。2011年九月她回到倫敦參與《浮士德》的重新上演，該製作透過戲院現場直播。2012年六月，安琪拉‧蓋兒基爾慶祝她在倫敦皇家歌劇院初次登台飾唱《波希米亞人》滿廿週年。
2014年，蓋兒基爾女士在維也納演出《阿德萊雅娜‧勒庫烏勒》、《托斯卡》和《波希米亞人》，也參與阿姆斯特丹、倫敦、布拉格、慕尼黑、漢堡和維也納（維也納音樂廳）等地的音樂會，並在巴塞隆納（利塞奧大劇院）和米蘭（斯卡拉大劇院）舉辦獨唱會。
2015年三月，她在弗瑞德立克‧查斯林指揮棒下，於維也納國立劇院初次登台飾唱《維特》。
蓋兒基爾女士獲贈「巴黎市朱紅勳章」，並獲法國文化部和她的祖國羅馬尼亞頒發「藝術與文學軍官勳位」和「藝術與文學騎士勳位」。2010年十二月，她獲得羅馬尼亞雅西的藝術大學頒贈「榮譽博士」榮銜，並由羅馬尼亞總統授予「羅馬尼亞之星」最高級勳章。2012年十月，獲米哈伊一世國王陛下授予「無天主無存有」王室勳章，以表彰她將羅馬尼亞文化價值發揚至世界各地的功績。2014年十月，安琪拉‧蓋兒基爾獲羅馬尼亞克盧日納波卡的蓋兒基‧迪馬音樂學院頒贈「榮譽博士」榮銜。
未來的合約包括歐洲（韋比爾、都柏林、維也納、倫敦）和美國（洛杉磯和印第安納）的各式音樂會，首次澳洲巡演，在墨爾本和雪梨的音樂會，以及薩爾茲堡（《維特》）、紐約、維也納和倫敦（《托斯卡》）等地的歌劇演出。
Angela Gheorghiu
Soprano
Superstar Angela Gheorghiu, the most glamorous and gifted opera singer of our time, was born in the small Romanian town Adjud. From early childhood it was obvious that she will become a singer, her destiny was the music. She attended the Music School in Bucharest and graduated the National University of Music Bucharest, where she studied with the remarkable music teacher Mia Barbu. Ms. Gheorghiu’s magnificent voice and dazzling stage presence have established her as a unique international opera superstar.
Angela Gheorghiu made her international debut in 1992 at Royal Opera House Covent Garden with La Bohème. In the same year she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera New York and at the Vienna State Opera. It was in the Royal Opera House Covent Garden that she first sang her much acclaimed La Traviata in 1994, when the BBC cleared out its schedules to broadcast the opera. At one rehearsal the conductor Sir Georg Solti said: “I was in tears. I had to go out. The girl is wonderful. She can do everything.” The performance was also filmed and recorded by Decca. Newspapers and magazines noticed that “A star is born”. Since then Ms Gheorghiu has been in constant demand in opera houses and concert halls around the world: New York, London, Paris, Salzburg, Berlin, Tokyo, Rome, Seoul, Venice, Athens, Monte Carlo, Chicago, Philadelphia (with Philadelphia Orchestra), Sao Paolo, Los Angeles, Lisbon, Valencia, Palermo, Balbeck, Amsterdam, Kuala Lumpur, Zürich, Vienna, Salzburg, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Prague, Montreal, Moscow, Taipei, San Juan, Ljubljana.
Her first exclusive recording contract was signed in 1995 with Decca for whom she made several recordings: on DVD: La Traviata with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, L’elisir d’amore with Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, La Boheme with Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, and on CD: Arias with the Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Verdi Heroines with the Orchestra Sinfonica di MIlano “Giuseppe Verdi”, My World and Mysterium with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Her next exclusive recording agreement was signed in 1998 with EMI Classics. She recorded an album of duets and arias with Roberto Alagna and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Puccini’s rarely recorded opera La Rondine with London Symphony Orchestra, Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette with Orchestre National du Capitole du Toulouse and for the second album of duets with Roberto Alagna, Verdi per due, she worked together with Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Claudio Abbado.
Other EMI recordings are: Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi from Il Trittico, Massenet’s Werther with London Symphony Orchestra, Massenet’s Manon with Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie Brussels, Verdi’s Il Trovatore with London Symphony Orchestra and Bizet’s Carmen with Orchestre National du Capitole du Toulouse, the concert for Queen Beatrix’s Jubilee in Amsterdam (April 2005, CD and DVD) and the recital at Teatro alla Scala di Milano.
Her recital Casta Diva was followed by a live recording of Classics on a Summer’s Evening, the concert performed alongside with Staatskapelle Dresden, by Verdi’s Requiem with Berliner Philharmoniker and by the recital at the Royal Opera House in 2001, all released both on CD and DVD. The recording of a recital of Puccini arias in 2008 proved once more Ms. Gheorghiu’s profound musicality.
Angela Gheorghiu’s latest releases are the complete opera recordings of L’Amico Fritz by Pietro Mascagni and Fedora by Umberto Giordano (both with Deutsche Grammophon). The live performance of La Rondine in the Metropolitan Opera (2009) as well as Faust from Royal Opera House (2004)were released on DVD by EMI Classics in 2011. Adriana Lecouvreur (a Royal Opera House production recorded in 2010) was released on DVD in 2012.
In November 2011 Angela Gheorghiu releasd Homage to Maria Callas, a collection of beloved opera arias from French and Italian repertoire inspired by Maria Callas’s career and recordings. Marco Armiliato conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
In March 2015 Warner Classics released an 8 CD + 1DVD box set entitled Autograph, celebrating 25 years of career.
All her CDs have received widespread critical acclaim and have been awarded many prizes such as Gramophone Awards, Diapason d’Or Awards, Choc du Monde de la Musique in France, Cecilia Prize in Belgium, Deutsche Schallplattenkritik-Preis in Germany, the Echo Award, the Italian Musica e dischi Foreign Lyric Production Award, the USA Critics’ Award etc. Mrs Gheorghiu won the title of “Female Artist of the Year” at the Classical Brit Awards in 2001 and 2010.
In 1999 she took part with great success in a concert “Michael Jackson and Friends” in Munich. Mrs. Gheorghiu sang at the reopening of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (December 1999) and Teatro Malibran in Venice (23 May 2001) and at the opening new opera house in Valencia in the presence of the Queen Sofia of Spain (October 2005) . She sang at the historic performance Prom at the Palace on June,1, 2002 which marked the Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, a concert that is also available on DVD. She sang for HRH Prince of Wales on different occasions. In 2003 she performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert.
In December 2000 Ms Gheorghiu performed the title role in Tosca, the movie directed by Benoit Jacquot. The film was released in theatres around the world and received popular and critical acclaim: “She is one of the most sensuous Toscas imaginable… Angela Gheorghiu’s passion and beauty are ideal for Tosca, as if the best qualities of Callas’ and Tebaldi’s portrayals had come together.” (Opera News, USA). Angela Gheorghiu attended the Venice Film Festival in 2001 when the movie was premiered. Ms. Gheorghiu also interpreted Juliette in the movie Romeo et Juliette released on DVD by Online Classics.
Among major appearances in the last ten years were the much acclaimed performances of La Rondine and Pagliacci at the Royal Opera House, Romeo et Juliette at the Choregies d’Orange and Salzburg Festival, Faust at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Royal Opera House and Monte Carlo Opera, Simon Boccanegra at the Royal Opera House. There were also recitals in Salzburg (Salzburg Festival) and in Vienna (Musikverein) and concerts in Amsterdam (Queen Beatrix Jubilee Gala), in New York (the New Year’s Eve concert with the New York Philharmonic), Philadelphia (with Philadelphia Orchestra) and Los Angeles, Vancouver and Toronto (April 2011), Seoul, Shanghai, Valladolid (May 2011) in London at O2 Arena together with Placido Domingo (July 2011), a concert for the opening of Katara Amphitheater in Doha, Qatar in December 2011 (performing in a piece especially composed for this event by Vangelis), concert in Oman (April 2012) and a gala concert at Teatro Colon Buenos Aires with Roberto Alagna (April 2012). All these appearances earned spectacular reviews.
In January 2006 she triumphed with La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Three months later, in April, she made her debut in Teatro alla Scala in Milano with a recital, in May she opened the Film Festival in Cannes. In June 2006 she made her stage debut in Tosca at the Royal Opera House in London in a new production that was dedicated to her. Then she returned to the Vienna State Opera for performances of La Boheme (November 2006) and to the Metropolitan Opera a run of Simon Boccanegra and a gala performance of La Traviata (March 2007).
Angela Gheorghiu performed again in La Traviata in Rome and Milano in 2007. She also had some much-acclaimed concerts in Paris (Salle Pleyel and Palais Garnier) and in Los Angeles. In September 2007 she performed the title role in the world premiere of the opera Marius et Fanny by Vladimir Cosma at Marseille Opera. Then she sang a series of much-praised performances of La Rondine in San Francisco. When Ms. Gheorghiu sang La Boheme at the Metropolitan in New York, the performance was transmitted in theatres to an audience of over one million and five hundred thousand people. Other performances broadcasted in theatres were La Traviata in Milan and in Rome and La Rondine in San Francisco and New York.
The new Royal Opera House Cinema Season 2011/12 relayed in hundreds of theaters around the world started with three productions having Angela Gheorghiu in the title role: Faust, broadcast live (September 2011), Adriana Lecouvreur (October 2011) and Tosca (November 2011).
In 2010 she made her much-acclaimed debut in Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur, a new production of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. The Observer wrote: "It's hard to imagine anyone bettering Angela Gheorghiu in this part. Her voice, feather-light and creamy yet with a core of steel, matches the liquid way she moves on stage. She's a natural actress and made the improbable death scene heartbreakingly believable and her signature aria "Poveri fiori" simply unforgettable."
In July 2011 she sung the title role in Tosca with a stellar cast led by Antonio Pappano. In September 2011 she came back to London for the revival of Faust, performance broadcast live in cinemas. In June 2012 Angela Gheorghiu celebrated 20 years from her debut at Royal Opera House in London performing in La Boheme
In 2014, Ms. Gheorghiu had performances of Adriana Lecouvreur, Tosca and La Bohème in Vienna, as well as concerts in Amsterdam, London, Prague, Munich, Hamburg and Vienna (Konzerthaus) and recitals in Barcelona (Gran Teatre del Liceu) and Milan (Teatro alla Scala).
In March 2015 she made her debut in Werther at the Vienna State Opera, under Frederic Chaslin's baton.
Ms. Gheorghiu was honoured with “La Medaille Vermeille de la Ville de Paris” and she was appointed an “Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres” and “Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres” by the French Ministry of Culture and by her native country Romania. In December 2010 she was awarded the honorific title of “Doctor Honoris Causa” by the University of Arts in Iasi (Romania) and the “Star of Romania”, the highest decoration given by the by the President of Romania. In October 2012 she was conferred the “Nihil Sine Deo” royal decoration from His Majesty King Michael I for promoting Romanian cultural values abroad. In October 2014, Angela Gheorghiu was awarded the Doctor Honoris Causa honorary title from the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy in Cluj Napoca (Romania).
Future engagements include various concerts in Europe (Verbier, Dublin, Vienna, London) and United Stated of America (Los Angeles and Indiana), the first tour in Australia, with concerts in Melbourne and Sydney as well as opera performances Salzburg (Werther), New York, Vienna and London (Tosca).