La Traviata
by Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata: Vocal Score, in Italian and English: (Sheet Music)
Barnes & Noble
La Traviata Piano Vocal Score, University of Chicago Press, amazon.co.uk
La Traviata libretto Italian-English, Barnes & Noble.com.
La Traviata libretto Italian-English, publisher G. Schirmer, amazon.co.uk
Welsh National Opera--New Production
LA TRAVIATA Verdi
12, 14, 18 and 29 September 1 and 3 October 2009 at 7.15pm
Director David McVicar makes his WNO debut with a finely crafted and beautifully staged production of Verdi’s opera. Young Greek soprano Myrto Papatanasiu makes her UK debut as Violetta with popular British tenor Alfie Boe making his WNO debut as Alfredo.
Violetta Myrto Papatanasiu
Alfredo Alfie Boe
Giorgio Germont Dario Solari
Baron Douphol Eddie Wade
Flora Louise Poole
Annina Joanne Thomas
Doctor Grenvil David Soar
Conductor Andrea Licata
Director David McVicar
Designer Tanya McCallin
Lighting Designer Jennifer Tipton
Choreographer Andrew George
Co-production with Scottish Opera and Gran Teatre del Liceu
Sung in Italian with English and Welsh surtitles
Alan Rich, writing on October 22, 2001, for Variety, gave a negative review to a performance by the Los Angeles Opera. A review in the Los Angeles Times was more favorable.
A review of a performance of Verdi's La Traviata in Dublin can be found at the Financial Times site, the review of October 9, 2001, having been written by John Allen for the Irish Times.
Mark Pappenheim's article "The A-to-Z of La Traviata"
Verdi - TRAVIATA (Naxos 8110300-01) Naxos remastering of the 1954 Cetra studio recording with Maria Callas, Francesco Albanese, Ugo Savarese, Turin RAI Orchestra conducted by Gabriele Santini. At amazon.co.uk.
La Traviata, Sutherland, Pavarotti, Bonynge, amazon.co.uk
Verdi: La Traviata / Karajan, Moffo, Cioni, Sereni, Opera d'Oro, arkivmusic.com
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