La Traviata

Kristiane Kaiser, Magdalena Anna Hofmann, Stefanie Kopinits, Jean-Francois Borras, Georg Tichy, Michael Kurz, Daniel Ohlenschläger, Dieter Kschwendt-Michel, Alessandro Teliga, Ladislav Hallon, Eugen Gaal, Attila Galács

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Ernst Märzendorfer

DVD

Facts DVD

Item number

2057218

UPC number

880242572189

Region code

Picture format

NTSC 16:9

Sound format

Dolby Digital 5.1

dts 5.1

Release

September 1, 2008

Total running time

134 mins

Subtitles

English, German, Italian

Booklet notes

English, German

No. of discs

Recording

2008

A fascinating production of La Traviata formed this year’s opera highlight at one of Europe’s most important open-air festivals: the Opera Festival St. Margarethen. The dazzling production, set in a rustically romantic Roman quarry, already boasts 100.000 visitors this season. Recorded live in July 2008, this DVD captures the beauty of the open-air production. Stage designer Manfred Waba sets the tragic story about the demi-mondaine Violetta Valéry and her admirer Alfredo Germont in an evocative replica of the Parisian Opéra Garnier. His and Robert Herzl’s unique interpretation is intelligent and effective. In the lead roles, Austria’s promising opera talent Kristiane Kaiser and Jean-François Borras, a French young tenor, provide for a musically and visually attractive viewing. This DVD brings a summer night at the opera into your home!

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