Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata

Product Details

• UPC: 807280134391
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Opera: La Traviata
• Genre: Opera
• Language: Italian
• Subtitle Languages: Italian (original language), English, German, French, Spanish
• Label: Arthaus Musik
• Release date: 2007

Product Specifications

• Sound Format: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
• Picture Format: 16:9
• Region Code: 0 (Worldwide), NTSC
• Run Time: 134 minutes

Overview

Experience Giuseppe Verdi's iconic opera, La Traviata, live from the Teatro alla Scala di Milano in 2007. Sung in Italian, this melodrama in three acts features a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and a talented cast of singers, including Angela Gheorghiu as Violetta Valéry, Ramón Vargas as Alfredo Germont, and Roberto Frontali as Giorgio Germont. Conducted by Lorin Maazel and directed by Liliana Cavani, this production showcases beautiful set design by Dante Ferretti and costumes by Gabriella Pescucci.

The Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet of the Teatro alla Scala bring Verdi's music to life in this captivating performance of La Traviata, telling the story of the courtesan Violetta and her tragic love affair with Alfredo.

Cast and Crew

• Violetta Valéry: Angela Gheorghiu
• Alfredo Germont: Ramón Vargas
• Giorgio Germont: Roberto Frontali
• Flora Bervoix: Natascha Petrinsky
• Annina: Tiziana Tramonti
• Gastone: Enrico Cossutta
• Barone Douphol: Alessandro Paliaga
• Marchese d'Obigny: Piero Terranova
• Dottor Grenvil: Luigi Roni
• Conductor: Lorin Maazel
• Director: Liliana Cavani
• Renewal: Marina Bianchi
• Chorus Master: Brun
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• Set Design: Dante Ferretti
• Costumes: Gabriella Pescucci
• Choreography: Micha van Hoecke
• Directed for Video and TV: Paola Longobardo
• Production Managers: Dante Meneghel, Salvatore Bucca

Interesting Facts

• La Traviata is one of Giuseppe Verdi's most popular operas, premiering in 1853.
• The opera is based on the novel La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils.
• This production of La Traviata was performed live at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano, one of the world's most prestigious opera houses.