The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata

Overview

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.

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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