Angela Gheorghiu is one of the most passionate and talented artists working in opera today, a larger-than-life figure whose intensity and drive, on stage and off, have commanded the attention of the opera world. This authorized biography of the internationally acclaimed soprano, largely composed of exclusive interviews with the artist, covers Gheorghiu's life and career from her childhood in Communist Romania to her spectacular Covent Garden debut in 1992 and up to the present day. In it, Gheorghiu shares new insights into the performance of many of her iconic stage roles and her collaborations with opera's leading lights. Also featured are commentaries and reminiscences by such celebrated figures in the music and art worlds as Grace Bumbry, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Marilyn Horne, Bryn Terfel, and Franco Zeffirelli.

Celebrating what would have been the conductor's 100th birthday, Lady Valerie Solti hosts the Solti Centenary Concert held in Chicago on October 21, 2012. The World Orchestra for Peace, itself created by the conductor, perform excerpts from Mozart's 'Le Nozze di Figaro', 'Die Zauberflöte' and 'Don Giovanni', Verdi's 'La Traviata' and 'Rigoletto', Strauss' 'Don Juan' and Bartók's 'Concerto for Orchestra'. Soloists featured include Angela Gheorghiu and René Pape.