Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu will lend her voice to defend the cause of the musicians of the Metropolitan Opera (Met) in New York, deprived of salaries since March 2020, after the cancellation of their shows due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Angela Gheorghiu will perform works by Dvorak and Pann
« On February 21, thanks to the miracles of technology, I will perform for you The Song to the Moon by Antonin Dvorak and Our Father by Romanian composer Anton Pann »Angela Gheorghiu wrote on her Facebook account on Sunday. Considered one of the greatest voices of the opera scene in the world, the Romanian soprano will perform in Bucharest, alongside pianist Alexandru Petrovici, and will be accompanied from New York by the Met Orchestra. Tickets for this recital, which can only be watched online, have been on sale for $ 15 (12.5 euros).
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« Proceeds will go to more than 150 Met musicians in need ”, she added, specifying that all the people involved in this ” special cause “ will work on a voluntary basis. In an interview with the Romanian channel Digi24, Angela Gheorghiu indicated that these musicians “ had not received their salaries for a year and were in a very difficult situation ”.
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Met’s shortfall expected to reach $ 154 million
The recital will take place in the Romanian Athenaeum, an elegant concert hall in Bucharest, built by the French architect Albert Galleron and inaugurated in 1888. ” This is my cathedral ”, launched Angela Gheorghiu, recalling having given her first recital there at the age of 17. The soprano rejected the term ” charity concert ”, stressing that it was for her a ” human and professional need “ than to support this cause. ” An artist is important only alongside his artistic family, without an orchestra or choir nothing can be done ”.
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The general manager of the Met, Peter Yellow, told AFP in September that his institution was living ” his most difficult period “ in 137 years of existence. The last eight weeks of the 2019-20 season and the entire following one have been canceled, which is expected to result in a shortfall of $ 154 million.
Philippe Gault (with AFP)
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