Description
LA TRAVIATA – Giuseppe Verdi Version de concert | Chœurs et Orchestre de l’Opéra de Vienne dirigés par Gianfranco Rivoli
Product Details
- Title: La Traviata – Version de concert
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Cast: Elena Todeschi, Augusto Vicentini, Renato Cesari, Luciana Pio-Fumagalli, Paride Venturi
- Conductor: Gianfranco Rivoli
- Ensemble: Chœurs et Orchestre de l’Opéra de Vienne
- Format: CD / Vinyl (to be specified)
- Genre: Opera – Italian Romantic
- Language: Italian (libretto by Francesco Maria Piave)
- Recording Type: Live Concert Version
Product Features
- Captivating live concert performance of Verdi’s La Traviata, one of the greatest operas in the canon of 19th-century Italian music.
- Includes leading vocalists of postwar European opera, with standout interpretation by Elena Todeschi as Violetta Valéry.
- Conducted with dramatic finesse by Gianfranco Rivoli, known for his rhythmic clarity and emotional depth.
- Performed by the prestigious Chœurs et Orchestre de l’Opéra de Vienne.
- Features the full three acts of Verdi’s opera in a rich, uncut concert version.
Overview
FR : La Traviata, opéra de Verdi en trois actes, est ici interprété dans une version de concert inoubliable avec Elena Todeschi dans le rôle central de Violetta Valéry, inspirée du personnage de Marguerite Gautier dans "La Dame aux Camélias" d'Alexandre Dumas fils. Cette version rend hommage à l’intimité poignante du drame avec une distribution vocale sensible et un accompagnement orchestral de haut niveau.
EN: La Traviata, Verdi’s timeless three-act opera, is captured here in a concert version that emphasizes the work’s emotional power. Elena Todeschi’s Violetta offers a moving portrayal of the doomed courtesan inspired by Alexandre Dumas fils’ "La Dame aux Camélias". The performance balances vocal clarity and orchestral richness under Gianfranco Rivoli’s spirited baton.
Track Listing (Main Scenes by Act Overview)
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Act I:
- Prelude
- Brindisi (Libiamo ne’ lieti calici)
- Violetta’s introspection (È strano... Ah, fors’è lui... Sempre libera)
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Act II:
- Violetta and Alfredo’s country life
- Confrontation with Germont (Pura siccome un angelo)
- Violetta’s sacrifice
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Act III:
- Violetta’s final illness (Addio del passato)
- Reunion and reconciliation
- Violetta’s death (Gran Dio!... Ah, Violetta...)
Key Credits
- Violetta Valéry – Elena Todeschi
- Alfredo Germont – Augusto Vicentini
- Giorgio Germont – Renato Cesari
- Annina / Flora – Luciana Pio-Fumagalli
- Baron Douphol / Gastone – Paride Venturi
- Conductor – Gianfranco Rivoli
- Chœurs et Orchestre de l’Opéra de Vienne
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