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Royal Opera Verdi Festival: La Traviata

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From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Verdi's operatic version of Alexandre Dumas 's play La Dame aux camélias, to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave , is the story of the doomed love of Violetta and Alfredo. Piers Burton-Page and Michael Oliver present what has become one of the most popular of Verdi's operas. Sung in Italian.
Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conductor Simone Young Act 1

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexandre Dumas
Unknown:
Francesco Maria Piave
Unknown:
Michael Oliver
Conductor:
Simone Young
Violetta Valery:
Angela Gheorghiu (sop)
Alfredo Germont:
Roberto Alagna (tenor)
Giorgio Germont:
Carlos Alvarez (baritone)
Flora Bervoix:
Leah-Marian Jones (mezzo)
Annina:
Gillian Knight (mezzo)
Gastone:
Robin Leggate (tenor)
Baron Douphol:
Jeremy White (bass)
II Marchese d'Obigny:
Roderick Earle (bass)
Doctor Grenvil:
Mark Beesley (bass)
Giuseppe:
Neil Griffiths (tenor)
A messenger:
Bryan Secombe (bass)
Servant to Flora:
Rodney Gibson (baritone)
Source: Radio Times

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