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Category: La Traviata

  • Washington National Opera’s 2008-2009 Season

    September 13- October 5 2008: La TraviataSeptember 20- October 7 2008: Les Pêcheurs de PerlesNovember 1-17 2008: Lucrezia BorgiaNovember 8-19 2008: CarmenNovember 21- 22 2008: Petite Messe SolennelleMarch 21- April 6 2009: Peter GrimesMay 2-17 2009: SiegfriedMay 16- June 4 2009: Turandot Renée Fleming has her WNO debut in Lucrezia Borgia. Denyce Graves sings the…

  • LA Opera’s 2008-2009 Season

    September 6-26 2008: Il TritticoSeptember 7-26 2008: The FlyOctober 2-18 2008: Madama ButterflyNovember 15- December 14 2008: CarmenJanuary 10-25 2009: Die ZauberflöteFebruary 21- March 15 2009: Das RheingoldApril 4-25 2009: Die WalküreApril 11-26 2009: Die VögelMay 21- June 21 2009: La Traviata Two U.S. premieres and the company's first Der Ring des Nibelungen. Quite a…

  • La Traviata

    The alternate cast for San Francisco Opera’s La Traviata was stunningly good. The perennial favorite, soprano Ruth Ann Swenson, was replaced by Mary Dunleavy in the last two performances. Swenson is very precise, her tone is extremely sweet and bell-like. Dunleavy is perhaps more vital, her voice is very strong. Baritone Željko Lučić sang beautifully…

  • Prendete questo fiore

    The Bavarian State Opera production of La Traviata was impressive as far as the principal singers. Anna Netrebko sang Violetta, and she was simply perfect. Her voice is supple and nearly angelic. This part showed her abilities off more than in others I have heard, she was Nannetta in Falstaff at San Francisco and Natasha…