DVD : Verdi - La Traviata / Bonfadelli, Piper, Bruson, Ricci, Peebo, Leveroni, Domingo, Busseto
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0824121000134
Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Tdk DVD Video
Manufacturer: Tdk DVD Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Tdk DVD Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 18, 2003
Running Time: 205 minutes
Sales Rank: 57110
Studio: Tdk DVD Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
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"I want new, magnificent, beautiful, varied and bold, extremely bold subjects, with new forms and yet lending themselves to be set to music… At the moment I am in Venice working on the Dame aux camélias, which I may call Traviata; a subject of our time. No one else would have done this because of its morals, the time and a thousand other ridiculous scruples – I am enjoying myself immensely." This quotation from one of Verdi’s letters from 1853 brings to mind a fact which is rarely remembered
today in view of the familiarity with his arguably most famous opera, namely that the subject of Traviata was quite new and disturbing, as the characters of the opera were not princes, heroes or magical beings of the distant past but persons of doubtful morals from everyday-life of the present.
Average Rating: 
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There are only a few DVDs of Traviata and I own this one and Solti/Gheorghiu version at Covent Garden. In short, they are both 'to die for'. In my opinion, DVDs are the next best thing to the San Francisco, or for that matter, any other Opera House. Bonfadelli does not sing as well as Angela but the acting is wonderful and both have their own interesting interpretations of VV. Watching Domingo conduct was also a treat albeit he is no Solti. Zefferelli's set is excellent (as always) as was the set ... Read More
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I purchased this DVD because of the excellent average review it had. After watching it, I am a bit confused. It is not HALF the production I thought it would be. Zefferelli, of course, creates a fantastic set and the lighting is adequate. It's the 2 leads I have a problem with (and Alfredo's father, as well). Stefania Bonfadelli is a competent actress. Her singing, however, is another matter. It is labored and her technique is unsteady.
Her coloratura is laughable. I would compare it ... Read More
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Estamos ante una representacion celebarda en el 2001, en un pequeño teatro de Busetto, con motivo del año Verdi. En un escenario realmente pequeño (muy pequeño) FRANCO ZEFIRELLI plantea un montaje inteligente, que recuerda en varios aspectos al filme de 1982 de la misma opera que el mismo firmo. Comienza la obertura con una moribunda Violetta deambulando por el salon de su casa, para perderse en un espejo giratorio que hay al fondo de la escena (espejo onmipresente que lo mismo valdra para mostrar ... Read More
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I have heard and seen La Traviata many, many times, but there are two memorable Violettas. By memorable, I mean that vocal skill and acting ability combined to produce a performance that was spellbinding. The first was seeing a young Catherine Malfitano with the Michigan Opera Company. From the first few moments of the party scene to the end of the performance, She WAS the consumptive courtesan who discovered love. The second is Stefania Bonfadelli in this DVD. Because this is an intimate production, with ... Read More
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