Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Who Is the Real Angela Gheorghiu? Aren't All Artists Difficult?


What piece of music would work as the soundtrack to your life?
I think I need a composer for that. Somebody to really get to know me, to discover the real Angela, and not just read the newspapers.

How would you like to be remembered?
I think I need to work on that. People still think I'm difficult. But who is not difficult? Balzac was difficult; Tolstoy was difficult; my mother can be difficult. Anybody who wants a good result must be difficult sometimes.

Read more of the artist profile on the Guardian's website.