LA TRAVIATA - Verdi - Monaco
Opera
TRAVIATA
opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi
set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave.
It is based on La Dame aux Camélias (1852),
a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas (fils).
The opera was originally titled Violetta, after the main character.
It was first performed on 6 March 1853 at the La Fenice opera house in Venice.
Cast - Performance
Monaco Palais Garnier 17th of January 1989
Violetta Valery : N Mirociu
Alfredo : Roberto Alagna
Germont : Piero Cappuccilli
Orchestra et Choirs de l'Opéra de Monte Carlo
Conductor : Lawrence Foster
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About this video
Some time after his triumphal first opera engagement with Glyndbourne, Alagna received a phone call on 2 January, inviting him to audition for John Mordler at the Opera de Monte Carlo, for the part of Alfredo, because the tenor who had been engaged to sing had withdrawn with a vocal problem. In his autobiography, Alagna describes the joy of leaving a gray and cold Clichy-Sous-Bois & arriving in Monaco - seeing the palm trees swaying in the wind - like a vacation from winter! Here is a clip from what I believe is the first performance (very dark but sound is good) 17 January, 1989, with the distinguished Romanian soprano, Nelly Miricioiu as his Violetta..
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