Recorded live at the Teatro La Fenice Venice 18 November 2004.When the legendary Venetian Teatro La Fenice which had been completely destroyed by fire in 1996 rose like a phoenix from the ashes again its rebirth was celebrated with Verdi's La Traviata an opera that had seen its premiere more than 150 years earlier in the same theatre. Led by star conductor Lorin Maazel a cast of brilliant singer-actors brought an exact replica of the March 1853 version to the stage giving audiences the opportunity to experience the opera as the world first heard at its premier in Venice.... The original score had been found in the archives of La Fenice so that La Traviata could relive its premiere without any revisions. The great Violetta-Germont duet the second act finale and the opera's last two numbers resounded through the theatre in just the way that Verdi initially intended.With Italian soprano Patrizia Ciofi in the title role German-Italian tenor Roberto Sacca as her lover and Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky as his father the live recording features highly eminent singers of the Italian repertoire and stars who are at home in opera houses throughout the world. [show more]
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