Winners of the klaudia taev competition for opera singers lead the cast of this gloomy story. The first opera is a drama, while the second opera is a religious historical melodrama, and the third opera is a comedy. Violetta, who is the mistress of a wealthy baron, hosts a lavish party to celebrate her improved health after a bout with tuberculosis. The film premiered in italy in 1982 and went into general release.
Natalie dessay puts on the red dress in willy deckers stunning production, in her first violetta at the met. But the rules of society and family expectations betray them, and violetta. With natalie dessay, ludovic tezier, charles castronovo, adelina scarabelli. Teresa stratas, placido domingo, cornell mcneill, franco zeffirellli. Matthew polenzani sings alfredo, dmitri hvorostovsky is germont, and principal guest. This huge production features spectacular sets, beautiful costumes, dazzling lighting, fireworks and a 9meter. Interest and poignancy are added by the fact that this is a true story the baritone heavy is alexander dumas who wrote the count of monte cristo. The play is still staged today in its original form. One of the worlds most popular operas will be transmitted live in select movie theaters around the globe. There she meets alfredo and becomes smitten with him as he, she, and the guests join in the famous drinking song. It had already generated huge dvd sales and had become one of the most iconic contemporary. Great soprano angela gheorghiu takes on the role of doomed courtesan violetta, in the royal operas classic production. Robin hood o principe dos ladroes dublado aventura completo canal.
There is a film version of the opera from 1967, with anna moffo as violetta, franco bonisolli as alfredo, gino bechi. Roland paneral baritone who plays as a father of alfred is also very nice and best matched as a father. With francesca dotto, antonio poli, roberto frontali, jader bignamini. The opera was originally titled violetta, after the main character. Sawyer1 favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite november 24, 2015 subject.
The production by richard eyre, slightly revamped, is essentially the same as that recorded for gheorghuis first recording with solti conducting in 1994. It was eventually nominated for a pair of oscars and it arguably remains the finest film version rather than filming of a performance of an opera ever made. This film version is a fantastic production to make this verdi opera accessible. Edition discs amazon price new from used from dvd 28. A love story of a courtesan violetta and a nobleman alfredo. Ive watched it as a little girl and finally decided to buy it again and it is still as powerful, as i remembered it. Saw this opera in rome at the baths of caracalla on my 50th birthday, 7212011. The story is of violetta, a beautiful courtesan of. A series of three completely unrelated oneact operas, performed as a trio. Eteri gvazava violetta has a excellent talent as an actor as well as a soprano.
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