Verdi: La Traviata | Gheorghiu, Vargas, Frontali - Maazel (La Scala 2007)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Librettist: Francesco Maria Piave
Premiere: 6 March 1853, Venice (La Fenice)
Language: Italian
Subtitles: Italian, English (Click on CC for subtitles)
La Traviata Synopsis: https://www.opera-arias.com/verdi/la-traviata/synopsis/

La traviata (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 by Alexandre Dumas fils, which he adapted from his own 1848 novel. 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. La traviata became one of the most frequently performed operas during Verdi's lifetime. It is often ranked highly on annual lists of most performed operas.

Cast & Characters:
Violetta Valery - Angela Gheorghiu
Alfredo Germont - Ramón Vargas
Giorgio Germont - Roberto Frontali
Flora Bervoix - Natascha Petrinsky
Annina - Tiziana Tramonti
Gastone - Enrico Cossutta
Dottore Grenvil - Luigi Roni
Barone Douphol - Alessandro Paliaga
Marchese d'Obigny - Piero Terranova

Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet of Teatro alla Scala
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Chorus Master: Bruno Casoni

Stage Director: Liliana Cavani
Renewal by Marina Bianchi
Directed for Video and TV by Paola Longobardo

Set Design: Dante Ferretti
Costumes: Gabriella Pescucci
Choreography: Micha von Hoecke