La traviata

Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe

Librettist/Text Author: Piave, Francesco Maria

Conductor: Marzendorfer, Ernst

Orchestra: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus

Chorus Master: Juhanakova, Blanka

Alfredo Germont: Borras, Jean-Francois

Annina: Kopinits, Stefanie

Barone Douphol: Ohlenschlager, Daniel

Dottore Grenvil: Teliga, Alexander

Flora Bervoix: Hofmann, Magdalena Anna

Gastone: Kurz, Michael

Giorgio Germont: Tichy, Georg

Giuseppe: Hallon, Ladislav

Marchese d'Obigny: Kschwendt-Michel, Dieter

Un commissionario: Gaal, Eugen

Un domestico: Galacs, Attila

Violetta Valery: Kaiser, Kristiane

Set Designer: Waba, Manfred

Costume Designer: Engelberg, Waltraut

Choreographer: Kropf, Michael

Stage Director: Herzl, Robert

Television Director: Rossacher, Hannes

Television Director: Dolezal, Rudi

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Date of Production: 11-07-2008

Festival: St. Margarethen Opera Festival

Venue: Romersteinbruch St. Margarethen

Playing Time: 02:13:36

Catalogue Number: EuroArts5721

UPC: 880242572189

Libretto

La traviata

Synopsis

La traviata

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A fascinating production of La Traviata formed this year's opera highlight at one of Europe's most important open-air festivals: the Opera Festival St. Margarethen. The dazzling production, set in a rustically romantic Roman quarry, already boasts 100,000 visitors this season. Recorded live in July 2008, this video captures the beauty of the open-air production. Stage designer Manfred Waba sets the tragic story about the demi-mondaine Violetta Valéry and her admirer Alfredo Germont in an evocative replica of the Parisian Opéra Garnier. His and Robert Herzl's unique interpretation is intelligent and effective. In the lead roles, Austria's promising opera talent Kristiane Kaiser and Jean-François Borras, a young French tenor, provide for a musically and visually attractive viewing.