Verdi: La Traviata
Renata Scotto (Violetta), Alfredo Kraus (Alfredo), Renato Bruson (Giorgio Germont), Sarah Walker (Flora), Cynthia Buchan (Annina), Richard Van Allan (Marchese d'Obigny), Henry Newman (Barone Douphol)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Riccardo Muti
Verdi: La Traviata
Renata Scotto (Violetta), Alfredo Kraus (Alfredo), Renato Bruson (Giorgio Germont), Sarah Walker (Flora), Cynthia Buchan (Annina), Richard Van Allan (Marchese d'Obigny), Henry Newman (Barone Douphol)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Riccardo Muti
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Muti's dedication to the letter of the score pays dividends in the dynamism of this performance.
About
Studio recording, 1980
Contents and tracklist
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Riccardo Muti
- Recorded: 1980-07-15
- Recording Venue: 5-15 July 1980, Kingsway Hall, London
Verdi:
La traviata, Act 1: "Dell’invito trascorsa è già l’ora" (Chorus, Violetta, Flora, Marchese, Gastone, Alfredo, Barone)
Work length4:41
- Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Henry Newman (baritone), Renata Scotto (soprano), Richard van Allan (bass), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Suso Mariategui (tenor)
- Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers
- Riccardo Muti
Verdi:
La traviata, Act 1: Brindisi. "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (Alfredo, Violetta, Flora, d'Orbigny, Douphol, Grenvil, Coro)
Work length2:49
- Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Henry Newman (baritone), Renata Scotto (soprano), Richard van Allan (bass), Roderick Kennedy (bass), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano)
- Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra
- Riccardo Muti
- Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Renata Scotto (soprano), Suso Mariategui (tenor)
- Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers
- Riccardo Muti
- Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Cynthia Buchan (mezzo-soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Riccardo Muti
Verdi:
La traviata, Act 2: "Alfredo? Per Parigi or or partiva" (Violetta, Annina, Giuseppe, Germont)
Work length4:10
- Cynthia Buchan (mezzo-soprano), Max-René Cosotti (tenor), Renata Scotto (soprano), Renato Bruson (baritone)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Riccardo Muti
- Cynthia Buchan (mezzo-soprano), Renata Scotto (soprano), Alfredo Kraus (tenor)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Riccardo Muti
Awards and reviews
June 2008
Muti's dedication to the letter of the score pays dividends in the dynamism of this performance.
2010 edition
Muti had no concern for tradition...but the result is dazzling...Overall, it is an intensely compelling account...Scotto and Kraus have long been among the most sensitive and perceptive interpreters of these roles, and so they are here