Angela Gheorghiu managed to complete the first act of the ‘Tosca ’ opera, but then she started feeling nausea and a gastroenteritis forced her to cancel her appearance for the rest of the show.
Following the advice of the San Francisco Opera physician, Angela Gheorghiu was transported to a hospital close to the institution, and submitted to additional investigations which have proved that the soprano was severely dehydrated.
The Rumanian artists was replaced in the Friday night show on the San Francisco Opera by the American soprano Melody Moore who had to dress up really swiftly and enter the stage to continue the ‘Tosca’ show.
‘Mrs. Gheorghiu sent her profound apologies to the San Francisco Opera public and asked the audience to understand’, the institution’s statement read.
Currently, Angela Gheorghiu is feeling better, the artists’ press office stated. Besides, the Romanian artist has already made her come back on the stage Sunday night, in a new performance of the ‘’Tosca opera.
Angela Gheorghiu, born on September 7, 1965, at Adjud is an international opera superstar and the best-selling classical music Romanian artist. Her overseas debut took place in 1992 at Covent Garden, with "La Boheme" by Puccini. In the same year, the famous Metropolitan Opera had her debut on the stage in New York and Vienna State Operas. Since then, the soprano sang on world greatest stages. In 2010, Angela Gheorghiu was named Artist of the Year at the 11th edition of the Classical Brit Awards in London, she also had won the trophy in 2001. In 2010, the soprano was decorated with the Order "Star of Romania" in the rank of Commander.
In October, Angela Gheorghiu was decorated by Regele Mihai I of Romania with the Medal "Nihil Sine Deo", "because she stands for a perennial symbol of cultural values of the opera world, of the evolution through the education and culture and of Romania abroad" "for her profuse career, for her outstanding talent for the scenic grandeur of her performances "," for the variety of her roles ", and" because she promotes through her work the professionalism and the dignity of a cultural representative. "Also, the soprano received the medal "Nihil Sine Deo" for her public support of the Romanian Royal Family, and "for strengthening the ties between Romania and the royal families of the world through her international performances."