AngelaGate: Gheorghiu Yanks Her Social Media Profiles [Updated: Alagna Fires Back]

In the wake of allegations that ex-husband Roberto Alagna was physically abusive during their rocky marriage, Angela Gheorghiu has deleted her social media profiles on Facebook and Twitter, frequently-used platforms for personal photos from private parties and post-performance dinners.

Fallout is a byotch, especially when it comes on the eve of an opening night, as the Romanian soprano sweats through her final hours before the premiere of Magda in Nicolas Joël’s 1920s Parisian-spun La Rondine that opens tomorrow night at the Royal Opera House.

UPDATE: Alagna responds, through his lawyer, posted on his Facebook.

Les accusations de violence conjugale publiées dans un article récent paru dans l'édition de the Independent de mardi et qui ont été largement reprises par ailleurs, sont sans fondement et diffamatoires. Désormais cette affaire est entre les mains des avocats.

The allegations of domestic violence published in a recent article which appeared in Tuesday’s edition of the Independent, and which were subsequently widely republished elsewhere, are without basis and are defamatory. Lawyers have been instructed both in France and in the UK.