Royal Opera House: La Traviata

Renée Fleming has matured into one of the finest sopranos around at the moment, a true star with a sparkling personality and a velvet-toned voice that is capable of wringing the finest emotions out of works by Strauss and Tchaikovsky that from a lesser singer could sound rather cold and clinical. I wouldn't have thought her voice would be so well suited to Violetta Valéry in La Traviata, and it does take some getting used to, but I think she at least brings a distinct quality to the role with an emotional heart that isn't always necessarily there when a leading diva uses it primarily as a display for her vocal talents. It's served well also by Antonio Pappano's conducting of the Royal Opera House Orchestra in a traditional, but effective production by Richard Eyre.

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  Richard Eyre

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  Renée Fleming
  Violetta Valéry
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  Joseph Calleja
  Alfredo Germont
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  Thomas Hampson
  Giorgio Germont
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  Monika-Evelin Liiv
  Flora Bervoix
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  Eddie Wade
  Il barone Douphol
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  Kostas Smoriginas
  Il Marchese d'Obigny
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  Antonio Pappano
  Self - Conductor
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  Richard Wiegold
  Il dottor Grenvil
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  Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
  Self - Orchestra
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  Haoyin Xue
  Gastone de Letorières
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  Sarah Pring
  Annina
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  Neil Gillespie
  Giuseppe
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  Charbel Mattar
  Messenger
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  Jonathan Coad
  Servant