La Traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
1992
La Traviata is a Classical album by Giuseppe Verdi, originally released in 1992. On Gatefold: 9 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Classical
About
La traviata (Italian: , English: 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 novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The opera was originally titled Violetta, after the main character. It was first performed on 6 March 1853 at the 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. .
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Credits
Performers
- Richard BonyngeCONDUCTOR
- The Metropolitan Opera House OrchestraORCHESTRA
- Joan SutherlandSOPRANO VOCALS
- Luciano PavarottiTENOR VOCALS
- Sherrill MilnesBARITONE VOCALS
- Leo GoekeTENOR VOCALS
- Frederica von StadeMEZZO-SOPRANO VOCALS
- The Metropolitan OperaORCHESTRA
- John Trehy
- Loretta Di Franco
- Raymond Gibbs
- Louis Sgarro
- Luigi Marcella
- Gene Boucher
9 pressings tracked on Gatefold