Released:
2009-07-05

Overview:
Renée Fleming has matured into one of the finest sopranos around at the moment, a true star with a sparkling personality and a velvet-toned voice that is capable of wringing the finest emotions out of works by Strauss and Tchaikovsky that from a lesser singer could sound rather cold and clinical. I wouldn't have thought her voice would be so well suited to Violetta Valéry in La Traviata, and it does take some getting used to, but I think she at least brings a distinct quality to the role with an emotional heart that isn't always necessarily there when a leading diva uses it primarily as a display for her vocal talents. It's served well also by Antonio Pappano's conducting of the Royal Opera House Orchestra in a traditional, but effective production by Richard Eyre.

Director:
Richard Eyre

Runtime:
2h 34min

Genre:
Music, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Renée Fleming
  as
  Violetta Valéry
• 
  Joseph Calleja
  as
  Alfredo Germont
• 
  Thomas Hampson
  as
  Giorgio Germont
• 
  Monika-Evelin Liiv
  as
  Flora Bervoix
• 
  Eddie Wade
  as
  Il barone Douphol