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Verdi - La Traviata
from Decca
starring Renee Fleming, Rolando Villazon, Renato Bruson, James Conlon, Ania Alkimova
directed by Marta Domingo

Features:

• Digital Sound
• DTS Surround Sound
• NTSC
• Subtitled

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Perhaps the most moving Traviata ever
  I will admit to having some doubts about this performance before viewing it. First, several years ago, I gave a glowing review to the DVD and CD of the performance under Solti, finding Angela Gheorghiu to be the definitive Violetta. Second, I have been less than satisfied with some of Renee Fleming's recent performances on CD, finding them to be mannered and self-indulgent. Well, all my misgivings were rendered unwarranted. This performance is a knockout.
  Admittedly, Renee Fleming has become "larger... more info

• A beautiful production
  Martha Domingo's production has taste and style. Opera lovers are lucky to experience - in the days of Euro trash - a well done Traviata.
  I was relieved that Ms.Domiongo's direction seems to have eliminated some of
  Rolando Villazon's clownish acting we had to endure in the unbearable Salzburg production.
  I like Renee Fleming's well sung and acted Violetta, and she looks beautiful.However, her interpretation is marred by the missing E flat.Violetta is a part sung by a multitude of... more info

• La Traviata
  This is a fresh, beautifully sung Traviata. The charisma between the two leads is breathtaking. They are both so beautiful to listen to and beautiful to look at. Fleming puts so much into Violetta. I can't imagine a better version.

• Sumptuous, beautiful - the way La Traviata should be.
  This production contrasts sharply with the one from Salzburg one year earlier (Willy Decker), and is tons better directed by Mrs. Marta Domingo.
  The singers? Renee Fleming, though not as young as Anna Netrebko, is not one jot 'older' in every sense: vocally, visually, pscychologically. Her Violetta is utterly believable, tradition-bound, authentic to the utmost. She is charming, sophisticated, cultured, deeply affectionate towards Alfredo, and has all the hidden dignity associated with a woman of such... more info

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