La Traviata

07/05/2009

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2hrs 34min

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Music

,Drama

STORY

Renée Fleming has matured into one of the finest sopranos around at the moment, a true star with a sparkling personality and a velvet-toned voice that is capable of wringing the finest emotions out of works by Strauss and Tchaikovsky that from a lesser singer could sound rather cold and clinical. I wouldn't have thought her voice would be so well suited to Violetta Valéry in La Traviata, and it does take some getting used to, but I think she at least brings a distinct quality to the role with an emotional heart that isn't always necessarily there when a leading diva uses it primarily as a display for her vocal talents. It's served well also by Antonio Pappano's conducting of the Royal Opera House Orchestra in a traditional, but effective production by Richard Eyre.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Renée Fleming
  • Joseph Calleja
  • Thomas Hampson
  • Monika-Evelin Liiv
  • Eddie Wade

    Director

  • Richard Eyre

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Opus Arte

    Production Countries

  • France

LANGUAGES

  • Italian

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