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Verdi: La Traviata - Staged by Rolando Villazón

Star tenor and director Rolando Villazón’s staging of La Traviata at the Festspielhaus in Baden Baden is “visually spectacular” (The Huffington Post)

Star tenor and director Rolando Villazón’s staging of La Traviata at the Festspielhaus in Baden Baden is “visually spectacular” (The Huffington Post) and made for “an enthusiastic reception for the premiere” (Stuttgarter Zeitung)! Villazón “proves again his excellent narrating skills on stage” (WDR Klassik). “The setting and opulence of the stage captivates the spectator, as do the stylized costumes designed by Thibault Vancraenenbroeck for circus artists” (Stuttgarter Zeitung). Olga Peretyatko as Violetta delivers “a fantastic portrait of the title role wavering between adolescent joie de vivre, mature insight and anguish” (Stuttgarter Zeitung). Her partner is the tenor Atalla Ayan as the jealous Alfredo, who delivers a “beguiling interpretation with a dark, warm timbre and rich top notes” (Stuttgarter Zeitung). Simone Piazzolla as Alfredo’s strict father Giorgio Germont adds fine vocal lines to provide a strong sense of “Italianità” on stage (Neue Zürcher Zeitung). The conductor Pablo Heras-Casado is “a great hope of a new generation of conductors” (WDR Klassik).

English title Verdi: La Traviata
Genre Opera
Recording location Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Duration 139 mins
Production Company SWR, UNITEL in cooperation with ARTE and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Orchestra / Band Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble
Choir Balthasar-Neumann-Chor
Stage Director Rolando Villazón
Soloist Olga Peretyatko, Atalla Ayan, Ludovic Tézier, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro