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| Giuseppe Verdi operas |
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• Rigoletto (1851) • Il trovatore (1853) • La traviata (1853) • Les vêpres siciliennes (1855) • Un ballo in maschera (1859) • La forza del destino (1862) • Aida (1871) • Otello (1887) • Falstaff (1893) |
“La traviata” by Giuseppe Verdi
ТравиатаPremiere / date of written: 6 March 1853
The first performance of the opera was on 6 March 1853 at the La Fenice opera house in Venice.
Libretti
| # | Language | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Italian
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Francesco Maria Piave |
| 2 |
German
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| 3 |
English
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| 4 |
French
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original libretto
line-by-line of the original libretto
History
- 1853 March 6 — First performance of Giuseppe Verdi's "La traviata" at Teatro La Fenice (Venice).
- 1856 December 6 — First performance of Verdi’s opera "La traviata" in France, given in Italian by the Théâtre-Italien at the Salle Ventadour in Paris.
- 1959 November 14 — Anna Moffo makes her Metropolitan Opera debut as Violetta in "La traviata".
Images
Books
| Year | Title | Description | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | La traviata: Opera Libretto with Italian–English Translation | This edition of La traviata presents the complete Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, set to music by Giuseppe Verdi. The text appears in a side-by-side Italian–English format, ideal for students, performers, and opera lovers. |
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Audio recordings
| Year | Cast | Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra |
Label, Comment |
Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Violetta — Maria Callas, Alfredo — Giuseppe Di Stefano, Germont — Ettore Bastianini |
Carlo Maria Giulini La Scala orchestra and chorus, Milan |
EMI Classics Cat: 66450 |
$16.55 |
| 1960
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Violetta — Anna Moffo, Alfredo — Richard Tucker, Germont — Robert Merrill |
Fernando Previtali Rome Opera orchestra and chorus |
RCA Victor Cat: 68885 |
$15.35 |
| 1976 | Violetta — Ileana CotrubaÅŸ, Alfredo — Plácido Domingo, Germont — Sherrill Milnes |
Carlos Kleiber Bavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus |
Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 415132 |
$9.46 |
| 1979 | Violetta — Joan Sutherland, Alfredo — Luciano Pavarotti, Germont — Matteo Manuguerra |
Richard Bonynge National Philharmonic Orchestra and London Opera Chorus |
Decca Cat: 430491 |
$17.52 |
| 2005 | Violetta — Anna Netrebko, Alfredo — Rolando Villazón, Germont — Thomas Hampson |
Carlo Rizzi Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Chorus |
Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 52902 |
$29.72 |
Video recordings
| Year | Cast | Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra, Director |
Label, Comment |
Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Violetta — Anna Moffo, Alfredo — Franco Bonisolli, Germont — Gino Bechi |
Giuseppe Patanè Rome Opera orchestra and chorus Mario Lanfranchi |
Video Artists International |
$26.37 |
| 1983
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Violetta — Teresa Stratas, Alfredo — Plácido Domingo, Germont — Cornell MacNeil |
James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus Franco Zeffirelli |
Universal Studios Cat: 0 2519-20326-2 2 |
$25.56 |
| 1994 | Violetta — Angela Gheorghiu, Alfredo — Frank Lopardo, Germont — Leo Nucci |
Sir Georg Solti Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus Richard Eyre |
Decca Cat: 071 431-9 |
$20.09 |
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