Description
Verdi – La Traviata (Complete Opera Recording, 2CD) | United Classics
Product Details
UPC: 8713545220612
Label / Brand: United Classics
Format: 2 × CD (Complete Opera Recording)
Genre: Opera – Melodramma Tragico
Recording Year: 1999
Release / License: 1999, Companions Classics Amsterdam / T2 International BV
MNB: T2CD2012061
Country of Manufacture: EU
Overview
Giuseppe Verdi’s timeless masterpiece La Traviata (1853) is one of the most frequently performed operas worldwide, weaving a tragic love story with some of the composer’s most lyrical and emotionally charged music. This 1999 complete live recording, conducted by Ed Spanjaard with the Netherlands Ballet Orchestra and the Opera in Ahoy Chorus, brings Verdi’s score to life with urgency and passion.
At the heart of this performance, Stefania Bonfadelli shines as the doomed courtesan Violetta Valéry, joined by Vicente Ombuena as her lover Alfredo and Ettore Kim Dong-Kyu as Giorgio Germont. The supporting cast, including Marianna Kulikova, Felipe Rojas, and Arturo Cauli, contributes to a faithful and compelling interpretation that honors Verdi’s dramatic genius.
Cast & Performers
- Violetta Valéry – Stefania Bonfadelli
- Alfredo Germont – Vicente Ombuena
- Giorgio Germont – Ettore Kim Dong-Kyu
- Flora Bervoix – Marianna Kulikova
- Gastone – Felipe Rojas
- Baron Douphol – Arturo Cauli
- Il Marchese d’Obigny – Mario Boccardo
- Dottore Grenvil – Danilo Serraiocco
- Annina – Julia Oesch
Opera in Ahoy Chorus Netherlands Ballet Orchestra Conductor: Ed Spanjaard
Product Features
- Complete 2-CD recording of La Traviata
- High-quality live performance (1999)
- International cast with authentic Italian vocal style
- Includes full libretto origins: Francesco Maria Piave, based on La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils
- EU pressing, durable packaging
Interesting Facts
- La Traviata is based on Dumas’ semi-autobiographical novel and play La Dame aux Camélias, which scandalized Paris with its depiction of a courtesan’s tragic life.
- Premiered in Venice, 1853, the opera initially failed but quickly rose to become one of Verdi’s greatest successes.
- The role of Violetta is considered one of the most challenging in the soprano repertoire, demanding vocal agility, emotional depth, and dramatic stamina.
- This United Classics edition captures the late 20th-century European opera scene with youthful, expressive voices and authentic orchestral colors.
Tracklist
CD 1
- Preludio
- Dell’invito trascorsa è già l’ora
- Libiamo ne’ lieti calici
- Un dì, felice, eterea
- È strano! … Ah, fors’è lui
- Sempre libera
- Lunge da lei per me non v’ha diletto!
- De’ miei bollenti spiriti
- Oh mio rimorso!
- Pura siccome un angelo
- Dite alla giovine sì bella e pura
- Morro! la mia memoria
CD 2
- Noi siamo zingarelle
- Di Madride noi siam mattadori
- Invitato a qui seguirmi
- Alfredo! Alfredo! di questo core
- Teneste la promessa … Addio del passato
- Parigi, o cara
- Gran Dio! morir sì giovane
- Prendi, quest’è l’immagine
- Ah! Violetta! Violetta!
- Follie! Follie! Delirio vano è questo!
- Violetta, Violetta, morendo sorride
(Track timings vary by edition; refer to booklet for exact durations.)
Publishers & Licensing
- Companions Classics Amsterdam – 1999
- T2 International BV
- Distributed by United Classics
- Manufactured and printed in the EU
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