Verdi La Traviata (1992)

  • VM14
  • 08/14/1992 (IT)
  • Music
  • 2h

Overview

This set has Edita Gruberova singing in top form, all her scooping cast aside, which one finds in abundance in her Lucia under Richard Bonynge. Here, however, she makes ravishing use of those bits of tone that only she can produce: those instances of coloratura and dramatic legato with little asides and small florishes of style that suggest her intelligent approach and her high degree of musical involvement in this role. She does this in her I Puritani and her Anna Bolena, less so in Roberto Deveraux and Maria Stuarda(both sets). Listen to Addio del passato and the Sempre Libra...ravishing, yes, but there are again those nuances learned from Callas that she makes her own. A very singualr perform,ance, and extremely moving with its detail and cry for pity throughout..from the start even. Neil Schicoff is excellent, not an unworthy Alfredo at all! His is a great lyric tenor voice that should have been in the top line.

Derek Bailey

Director

Francesco Maria Piave

Writer

Cast

Edita Gruberova's headshot

Edita Gruberova

Violetta
Neil Shicoff's headshot

Neil Shicoff

Alfredo
Giorgio Zancanaro's headshot

Giorgio Zancanaro

Germont
Mariana Pentcheva's headshot

Mariana Pentcheva

Flora
Antonella Trevisan's headshot

Antonella Trevisan

Annina
Max René Cosotti's headshot

Max René Cosotti

Gaston
Orazio Mori's headshot

Orazio Mori

Barón Douphol
Francesco Musinu's headshot

Francesco Musinu

Doctor Grenvil

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