Exclusive: De Niese reveals she was in hospital hours before acclaimed performance in La Bohème at Royal Opera House
The soprano Danielle de Niese’s opening performance in Puccini’s La Bohème at the Royal Opera House last Saturday was acclaimed as “standout”, “show-stealing” and “big-hearted” as she “startle[d] with her energy and physicality, fusing acting and song in a way no one else approaches”.
What neither the critics, the audience nor most of her colleagues knew was that 18 hours earlier she was doubled up in hospital in searing pain from a miscarriage, and the cramps continued for days afterwards.
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