The splendid Gran Liceu blogger gtl torn t reports that Angela Gheorghiu -- looking somehow rough in close-up (see photo above) but thin and in b00balicious form -- has appeared the other night for the first time at Madrid's Teatro Real. It's her debut there because she had pulled out (o rly?) of a Traviata production a few years ago. Angela is set, if it all goes well, to appear in 2009 (whatevS) at the Gran Teatre del Liceu as Mimì.
El Paìs has this Angela gem:
"Great voices are rare, like pearls... the physique is unimportant".
Heh.
(as a bonus to the Angela fans -- there must be some, after all) this promo video interview has Angela giving a small lecture about Puccini.
gtl torn t also reports that Opera Chic's personal friend and companion of many shoe-shopping expeditions, La Ceci (aka Cecilia Bartoli), will be in Barcelona on November 4 for the Palau 100 concerts.