Product Overview
Verdi: La Traviata / OPERA IN THREE ACTS / ORCHESTRE OF PARIS / Yutaka SADO, conductor / Recording Festival International d'Art Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence / Produced by by Don KENT / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 130 Minutes
UPC: 3760115302051
- Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : Yes
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 Ounces
- Director : Peter Mussbach
- Media Format : Classical, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen, Dolby
- Run time : 2 hours and 10 minutes
- Release date : May 8, 2007
- Actors : Mireille Delunsch, Matthew Polenzani, Zeljko Lucic, Damiana Pinti, Yutaka Sado
- Dubbed: : None
- Subtitles: : Spanish, French, English, German
- Language : Italian (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : Bel Air Classiques
- Number of discs : 1
La traviata (Italian pronunciation: [la traˈvjaːta]; The Fallen Woman) is an 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 by Alexandre Dumas fils adapted from his own 1848 novel. The opera was originally titled Violetta, after the main character. It was first performed on 6 March 1853 at La Fenice opera house in Venice.
Piave and Verdi wanted to follow Dumas in giving the opera a contemporary setting, but the authorities at La Fenice insisted that it be set in the past, "c. 1700". It was not until the 1880s that the composer's and librettist's original wishes were carried out and "realistic" productions were staged. La traviata has become immensely popular and is among the most frequently performed of all operas.
