The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata

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.

Cast

Diana Damrau Violetta Valéry Juan Diego Flórez Alfredo Germont Quinn Kelsey Giorgio Germont Maria Zifchak Annina

Marco Antonio Jordão Giuseppe

Kirstin Chávez Flora Bervoix

Jeongcheol Cha The Marquis d’Obigny

Kevin Short Dr. Grenvil

Scott Scully Gastone Dwayne Croft Baron Douphol Quinn Kelsey A messanger

Selin Sahbazoglu Germont's daughter

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