Description
Verdi - La Traviata / Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda, Rolando Panerai / John Alldis Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Aldo Ceccato / EMI His Master's Voice 3x LP 1972 Stereo
SLS 960
ASIN: B07B3Q51DZ
La traviata (Italian pronunciation: [la traˈvjaːta]; The Fallen Woman) is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La Dame aux camélias (1852), a play adapted from the 1848 novel by Alexandre Dumas fils. The opera was originally titled Violetta, after the main character. It was first performed on 6 March 1853 at La Fenice opera house in Venice.
Piave and Verdi wanted to follow Dumas in giving the opera a contemporary setting, but the authorities at La Fenice insisted that it be set in the past, "c. 1700". It was not until the 1880s that the composer's and librettist's original wishes were carried out and "realistic" productions were staged. La traviata has become immensely popular and is among the most frequently performed of all operas.
Tracklist:
| A | Act I (Part 1) | |
| B1 | Act I (Conclusion) | |
| B2 | Act II (Part 1) | |
| C | Act II (Part 2) | |
| D1 | Act II (Part 3) | |
| D2 | Act II (Part 4) | |
| E1 |
Act II (Conclusion) | |
| E2 | Act III (Part 1) | |
| F | Act III (Conclusion) |
- Baritone Vocals [Barone Douphol] – Terence Sharpe
- Baritone Vocals [Giorgio Germont] – Rolando Panerai
- Bass Vocals [Dottore Grenvil] – Robert Lloyd (4)
- Bass Vocals [Marchese D'Obigny] – Richard Van Allan
- Bass Vocals [Servant / Commissionario] – William Elvin
- Chorus – The John Alldis Choir
- Chorus Master – John Alldis
- Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi
- Conductor – Aldo Ceccato
- Engineer – Robert Gooch
- Libretto By – Francesco Maria Piave
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Flora Bervoix] – Delia Wallis
- Orchestra – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Producer – Christopher Bishop
- Soprano Vocals [Annina] – Mirella Fiorentini
- Soprano Vocals [Violetta Valery] – Beverly Sills
- Tenor Vocals [Alfredo Germont] – Nicolai Gedda
- Tenor Vocals [Gastone] – Keith Erwen
- Tenor Vocals [Giuseppe] – Mario Carlin
- Written-By [Story] – Alexandre Dumas Fils
