(complete opera in three acts)
Silvia Mazzoni (Flora Bervoix)
Olga Borodina (Annina)
Alfredo Kraus (Alfredo Germont)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Giorgio Germont)
Barry Banks (Gastone)
Roberto Scaltriti (Barone Douphol)
Giorgio Gatti (Marchese d’Obigny)
Donato di Stefano (Dottor Grenvil)
Massimo La Guardia (Giuseppe, Violetta’s servant)
Vito Roberti (Flora’s servant)
Alessandro Calamai (A messenger)
Orchestra & coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Zubin Mehta
For a long time this recording was only available at top price; but now it has been reissued to take its place in the Duo series alongside other Verdi masterpieces such as Il trovatore, Rigoletto and A Masked Ball.
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is heard in her only recording of the tragic character Violetta. Also featured here are Alfredo Kraus as Alfredo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Alfredo’s father and Olga Borodina as Annina.
La traviata is an opera in which all of Verdi’s finest qualities are to be perceived: his technical mastery, his clarity, his humanity, his psychological penetration and his unerring taste.
The complete opera is now available (without libretto) on two CDs for the price of only one Top price CD.