The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata (2018)
Any new Met production of Verdi’s beloved tragedy La Traviata would be noteworthy, but Michael Mayer’s dazzling staging, which premiered during the 2018–19 season, was doubly significant as it marked Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s first performances as the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director. On the podium for this Live in HD transmission, Nézet-Séguin leads a starry ensemble. As Violetta, the consumptive heroine fighting to find true happiness, soprano Diana Damrau delivers yet another compelling portrayal on the Met stage. Tenor Juan Diego Flórez sings his first Verdi role with the company, as Violetta’s ardent yet impetuous lover, Alfredo, and baritone Quinn Kelsey rounds out the principal cast as Giorgio Germont, Alfredo’s implacable father.
Directors: Michael Mayer, Gary Halvorson.
https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=810004200630
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Diana Damrau as Violetta Valéry |
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Juan Diego Flórez as Alfredo Germont |
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Quinn Kelsey as Giorgio Germont |
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Maria Zifchak as Annina |
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Marco Antonio Jordão as Giuseppe |
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Kirstin Chávez as Flora Bervoix |
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Jeongcheol Cha as The Marquis d’Obigny |
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Kevin Short as Dr. Grenvil |
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Scott Scully as Gastone |
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Dwayne Croft as Baron Douphol |
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Quinn Kelsey as A messanger |
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Selin Sahbazoglu as Germont's daughter |
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Martha Nichols as Dancer |
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Garen Scribner as Dancer |
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Anita Rachvelishvili as Self - Host |
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MET Orchestra as |
| Sound | Yannick Nézet-Séguin | Conductor |
| Directing | Michael Mayer | Director |
| Art | Christine Jones | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Hilferty | Costume Designer |
| Crew | Lorin Latarro | Choreographer |
| Lighting | Kevin Adams | Lighting Design |
| Art | Michael Mayer | Production Design |
| Sound | David Frost | Music Producer |
| Crew | Ron Washburn | Technical Supervisor |
| Production | Elena Park | Supervising Producer |
| Production | Victoria Warivonchik | Producer |
| Production | Mia Bongiovanni | Supervising Producer |
| Production | Louisa Briccetti | Producer |
| Production | Peter Gelb | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Francesco Maria Piave | Writer |
| Sound | Giuseppe Verdi | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Gary Halvorson | Director |
