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Based on the novel and play La Dame aux cameliasby Alexandre Dumas, Verdi's La Traviata is one of the world's greatest operas, available here on DVD. The story moves audiences with the journey of a courtesan who goes to sacrifice everything for love to the soundtrack of some of Verdi's most stunning arias and duets.
The atmospheric and engaging production by Richard Eyre features splendid stage design by Bob Crowley and is conducted by Antonello Manacorda, showcasing the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus. Violetta Valery is played by soprano Ermonela Jaho, her lover Alfredo by Charles Castronovo and Plácido Domingo stars as Giorgio Germont.
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Violetta Valéry: Ermonela Jaho
Alfredo Germont: Charles Castronovo
Giorgio Germont: Plácido Domingo
Annina: Pamela Helen Stephen
Doctor Grenvil: Simon Shibambu
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Antonello Manacorda
Music: Giuseppe Verdi
Director: Richard Eyre
Designs: Bob Crowley
Plus: Introduction to La traviata; Behind the Movement; Interviews with Richard Eyre and Bob Crowley; Cast Gallery
Picture: 16:9
Sound: Dolby Stereo + DTS Digital Surround
Format: NTSC
Region code: 0 worldwide
Running Time: 149 mins
"Jaho gives everything she has, especially an exceptional diversity of soft singing, intimate, vulnerable, dreamy, apprehensive, intense and the result is a deeply moving portrayal." Financial Times
"Jaho’s mix of defiance, fragility and savage honesty builds to an overwhelming finale." The Guardian
"Castronovo is a splendid Alfredo, his bright, springy tone capturing the character’s impetuosity." Gramophone
"[Jaho] is heartbreaking and possesses a delicious luminosity of tone. Charles Castronvo is a suitably ardent Alfredo; Plácido Domingo a woofy Germont... The production... is handsome and traditional." Opera Now
