Verdi's La Traviata

From the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Verdi's La Traviata starring Lisette Oropesa and Piotr Buszewski. Antonello Manacorda conducts.

Verdi's tragic portrayal of an ill-fated Parisian courtesan, Violetta, her encounter with the young bourgeois Alfredo, and their battle to realise true love before she succumbs to tuberculosis.

Presented from New York by Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff.

Verdi: La Traviata

Violetta ..... Lisette Oropesa (soprano)
Alfredo ..... Piotr Buszewski (tenor)
Giorgio ..... Luca Salsi (baritone)
Baron Douphol ..... Dwayne Croft (baritone)
Flora ..... Edyta Kulczak (mezzo-soprano)
Marquis D'Obigny ..... Christopher Job (bass-baritone)
Annina ..... Tessa McQueen (soprano)
Gastone ..... Ben Reisinger (tenor)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Antonello Manacorda (conductor)