“Gheorghiu is a bit of an anomaly on the opera scene today. She hasn’t embraced the conciliatory attitude of her colleagues… She likes to request new costumes, is honest about a performer’s desire to be adored, and when she says, ‘No comment,’ it usually means something akin to ‘We’re just getting started.'” She knows she’s called “Draculetta” and (with her husband, tenor Roberto Alagna) “the Bonnie and Clyde of opera” – and she has an enterprising response…