Salzburg: La Traviata

Зальцбург: Травиата

This recording of Verdi’s "La Traviata" from the 2005 Salzburg Festival – the uncontested and hopelessly sold-out highlight of the festival season – captures the triumphal performance not only of Anna Netrebko as Violetta Valéry, but also of Rolando Villazón as her lover Alfredo.

Cast & Crew

Violetta Valery – Anna Netrebko

Alfredo Germont – Rolando Villazón

Giorgio Germont – Thomas Hampson

Conductor – Carlo Rizzi

Director – Willy Decker

Set and costume designer – Wolfgang Gussmann

Description

Within only a few years, Anna Netrebko has become one of the most acclaimed performers of our time, whose popularity transcends by far the boundaries of classical music. With her CDs garnering phenomenal sales and her stage appearances causing worldwide box-office stampedes, Anna Netrebko is on her way to becoming the new diva assoluta. This recording of Verdi’s "La Traviata" from the 2005 Salzburg Festival – the uncontested and hopelessly sold-out highlight of the festival season – captures the triumphal performance not only of Anna Netrebko as Violetta Valéry, but also of Rolando Villazón as her lover Alfredo. The glamorous Russian soprano and the heartthrob Mexican tenor have become the new dream team of the opera world.

Screenings

Runtime

2 h. 20 min.

Language

Recorded screening: Italian, russian subtitles

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