Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata
Year: 2009
Genre: Opera
Music: Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Stage Director: Richard Eyre
Video Director: Rhodri Huw
Cast and Crew:
Violetta Valéry: Renée Fleming
Alfredo Germont: Joseph Calleja
Giorgio Germont: Thomas Hampson
Flora Bervoix: Monika-Evelin Liiv
Marquis d'Obigny: Costas Smoriginas
Baron Douphol: Eddie Wade
Doctor Grenvil: Richard Wiegold
Gastone de Letorières: Haoyin Xue
Annina: Sarah Pring
Giuseppe: Neil Gillespie
Messenger: Charbel Mattar
Servant: Jonathan Coad
Description
Verdi’s best-loved work, is performed here by a star cast in a revival of Richard Eyre’s highly acclaimed 1994 production. Music Director Antonio Pappano conducts La traviata for the first time at Covent Garden. American soprano Renée Fleming returns to Covent Garden to sing Violetta for the first time with The Royal Opera. La traviata was first performed at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice in March 1853. [opusarte.com]
Recorded live at the The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 27 & 30 June 2009.
Source...........: BD50 Retail
Distributor......: Opus Arte
BD Release Date..: 1 April 2011
Screen Format....: Widescreen 1.78:1
Program used.....: AnyDVD (Region Code Free)
Production: Opus Arte
Runtime: UK | 02:12:59