La Traviata - Giuseppe Verdi

July 8, at 7 PM

Natalie Dessay stars as Verdi’s most beloved heroine in Willy Decker's stunning production, first seen at the Met in 2010. Matthew Polenzani is her lover, Alfredo, and Dimitri Hvorostovsky sings his stern father, Germont. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.

Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on La dame aux Camélias (1852), a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils.

Original transmission date: Saturday, April 14, 2012

Running time 2:28

NB! Sung in Italian with Met Titles in English!

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Distributor: The Metropolitan Opera
Director: Willy Decker

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