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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Diana Damrau
Violetta Valéry
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Original Music Composer
Juan Diego Flórez
Alfredo Germont
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Quinn Kelsey
Giorgio Germont / A messanger
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Maria Zifchak
Annina
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Giuseppe
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Kirstin Chávez
Flora Bervoix
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Jeongcheol Cha
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Kevin Short
Dr. Grenvil
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Gastone
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Dwayne Croft
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Selin Sahbazoglu
Germont's daughter
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Michael Mayer Director · Gary Halvorson Director Francesco Maria Piave Writer
United States release December 15, 2018 · Produced in United States
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The Metropolitan Opera
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United States
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Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
United States · December 15, 2018
Theatrical
South Korea
July 9, 2019 · Theatrical
Spain
January 30, 2019 · Theatrical
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