Roberto Alagna retaliates - without rebutting Angela Gheorghiu's domestic violence claims - by posting this old email on his Facebook page:
"Message d'amour d'une soit-disant femme ayant subi durant des années des "violences domestiques" et déclarant avoir "vécu la période la plus noire de sa vie"...
Voici la traduction : amouuuuuuuuuur je t'aime tu es ma vie le sens de ma vie ma famille mon trésor mon tout !!! que tu vives longtemps ma vie jusqu'aux noces de platine !
Ta petite roumaine angelina
Le 27 avril 2012"
Translation - Message of love from a woman who supposedly suffered years of "domestic violence" during "the darkest period of her life" ...
"amouuuuuuuuuur I love you you are my life the meaning of my life my family my treasure my everything! may you live long with me until our platinum wedding!Your little romanian angelina"
Hm, that's not much of a defense. She never said she never loved him. And it's possible and common for abuse victims to maintain romantic feelings for their partners even after having been abused.
Posted by: etcetera | 03 July 2013 at 08:43 PM
If he really is innocent, he should stick to his original plan of keeping his mouth shut.
Posted by: JDabrowski | 03 July 2013 at 09:41 PM
"La commedia e' stupenda!"
"Stupenda."
He should consult an attorney about how to proceed.
It looks to me like he is trying to get her goat, which should not be too hard.
Posted by: Casual | 03 July 2013 at 11:20 PM
Angela's facebook page and twitter page have been deleted!!! I foresee more drama ahead, especially in the eve of ROH's Rondine premiere tomorrow....
Posted by: Natalia V | 04 July 2013 at 08:31 AM
The whole thing is so undignified. Typical of Gheorghiu. Pity Alagna has not kept his mouth firmly shut.
Unsure why both the Gheorghiu and the Alagna camp seem to be enjoying a certain schadenfreude too much. But if La Rondine is a disaster tomorrow, at least there'll be something else for punters to talk about(and I wait for reports of Gheorghiu's curtain call antics - usually the epitome of inelegance and bad taste).
Posted by: NotWhoYouThinkIAm | 04 July 2013 at 09:01 AM
Yes, I don't think Alagna has done himself any favours by publishing private love letters for all the world to see.
What on earth must their kids be thinking of all this?
Posted by: Faye | 04 July 2013 at 12:10 PM
According to his Facebook page, Alagna will be giving an exclusive interview on French TV on Saturday
Posted by: Faye | 04 July 2013 at 12:49 PM
Ms.Gheorghiu always tries to be focusing and publishing her private life when things don't go well on stage.She's a good singer and sometimes a good actress on stage, so she doesn't need to get attention from extra events in her life.She doesn't look as a woman who can bear a life of 20 year - violent suffering from any man. I think she is trying to do this merely for personal cheap publicity. Alagna has always been a gentleman not answering, it's a pity he did it this time.
Posted by: Scarlett | 21 July 2013 at 06:38 AM