The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata (2017)

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• 2017
• Musik
• Sonya Yoncheva
• Michael Fabiano
• Thomas Hampson

Die Traviata's kostspielig melodies and timeless depiction of doomed love have made the work a favorite of generations of operagoers. In his approach to this classic drama, director: Willy Decker sets the action on a nearly bare bühne, focusing the audience's full attention on the three main characters. As Violetta, the ailing courtesan desperate to escape her past, sopranistin Sonya Yoncheva offers a fearless and sympathetic performance from beginning to end. American tenor Michael Fabiano sings with ardent longing as her devoted lover Alfredo, delivering emotionally wrought phrases and ringing top notes. Thomas Hampson brings a burnished bariton-to Germont, alfredo ' s befindet protective father whose stern demands spell disaster for the young couple. On the podium, maestro Nicola Luisotti leads an electric performance of Verdi's unforgettable score.