![]() Miss Gheorghiu really missed out, which was all to the benefit of her Latvian-born replacement Elina Garanca, who conquered the Met with a performance of vibrant sexiness as the gypsy cigarette girl with too great a capacity for love. In the event, showing the artistic temperament that so often comes with the voice, she cut back on all but two of the performances, even ducking the flagships of opening night and the HD broadcast to over 1,000 venues worldwide on 16th January. The original plan was that Angela Gheorghiu would play the leading lady opposite the husband from whom she recently separated, Roberto Alagna. ![]() The former Artistic Director of the National Theatre had surrounded himself with friends for this rethinking of the popular classic but all of the early headlines focused on his Diva. To stand on stage at the end of your Met debut receiving enthusiastic applause from some 4,000 vociferous guests at a gala opening night must rank with the greatest highs of a distinguished career. There can be few people in the world who enjoyed their New Year's Eve 2009 more than Sir Richard Eyre.
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