La traviata
by Giuseppe Verdi
- Type: Album
- Released: 1977
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon
- Country: Italy
- Length: 1:49:45
- Community rating: 4.15/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
This esteemed 1977 Deutsche Grammophon recording captures Carlos Kleiber conducting the Bavarian State Opera in a definitive performance of Verdi's masterpiece. The interpretation is celebrated for its dramatic intensity, brisk pacing, and the poignant vocal delivery of the tragic narrative. It remains a benchmark recording for mid-century operatic documentation.
Genres
Descriptors: death, hedonism, melodic, operatic, orchestral, choral, vocal, theatrical
Tracklist
- Atto Primo (27:19)
- Atto Secondo, No. 7-9 (27:43)
- Atto Secondo, No. 10-15 (29:06)
- Atto Terzo (25:37)
Credits
- Giuseppe Verdi - primary artist, composed by
- Ileana Cotrubas - primary artist, vocals [violetta valery]
- Placido Domingo - primary artist, vocals [alfredo germont]
- Sherrill Milnes - primary artist, vocals [giorgio germont]
- Carlos Kleiber - primary artist, conductor
- Chor Der Bayerischen Staatsoper - chorus
- Helena Jungwirth - vocals [annina]
- Bruno Grella - vocals [barone douphol]