La traviata [videorecording] / Verdi ; [director, Richard Eyre ; directed for TV by Humphrey Burton & Peter Maniura ; producers, Stephany Marks & Jane Pleydell-Bouverie].
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Decca Music Group,
Copyright Date:
p1995, c1994
Description:
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 p. ; 18 cm.)
Angela Gheorghiu, Frank Lopardo, Leo Nucci; orchestra & chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden directed by Georg Solti. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after Alexandre Dumas fils's play La dame aux camélias. Originally broadcast on BBC; recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in December 1994. "Digitally reprocessed for surround sound"--Container. "Covent Garden Pioneer"--Container.
Summary:
Violetta Valéry, a Parisian courtesan, falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Alfredo Germont. When Alfredo's father begs her not to ruin the prospect of an advantageous marriage for his daughter through her involvement with Alfredo, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Violetta discovers that Alfredo has not lost his love for her.
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