Released:
2008-07-11

Overview:
This performance was recorded in July 2008 at the Opernfestspiele St. Margarethen in Austria. The outdoor setting is stunning–it is a massive Roman quarry with mountains visible in the near and far distance–and apparently this Traviata is the first opera they’ve done without wild animals in residence (Nabucco, Aida, and Carmen have been shown in recent years). The sets are lavish enough to make Franco Zeffirelli blush. Designer Manfred Waba has placed the action in a reproduction of the Paris Opera, complete with stage boxes inhabited by patrons in their fanciest clothing who watch along with us. There is more gold than anyone would know what to do with.

Director:
Robert Herzl

Runtime:
2h 13min

Genre:

• Cast:
• 
  Kristiane Kaiser
  as
  Violetta Valéry
• 
  Magdalena Anna Hofmann
  as
  Flora Bervoix
• 
  Stefanie Kopinits
  as
  Annina
• 
  Jean-François Borras
  as
  Alfredo Germont
• 
  Georg Tichy
  as
  Giorgio Germont