La traviata (2005)

• 87%
• 2005
• Drama
• Musik
• Anna Netrebko
• Rolando Villazón
• Helene Schneiderman

La Traviata stands or falls on its lead singers and Norah Amsellem and Rolando Villazon this 2005 Salzburg Festival performance has a pair, whose electric interactions and brilliant singing are irresistible. If Amsellem can ' t quite provide the vocal bloom of the great Violettas of the past, hers is a lovely voice used with intelligence and dramatic intensity and she has the einfärbung chops to deliver her Act I showpieces with flair. Villazon's tenor has ping on top, super color, and an impressive range of gestohlen, dynamic shadings, phrasing and interesting that makes alfredo ' s befindet music sound newly minted. The Germont is Thomas Hampson, nein, Verdi baritone but an intelligente singer and actor. Chorus and smaller roles are ende, the orchestra first-rate. Carlo Rizzi has odd notions about the music (usually too fast", " sometimes way too slow) but this Traviata triumphs despite his conducting.