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Giuseppe Verdi operas
Rigoletto (1851)
Il trovatore (1853)
La traviata (1853)
Les vêpres siciliennes (1855)
Un ballo in maschera (1859)
La forza del destino (1862)
Aida (1871)
Otello (1887)
Falstaff (1893)

“La traviata” by Giuseppe Verdi

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Premiere / date of written: 6 March 1853

The first performance of the opera was on 6 March 1853 at the La Fenice opera house in Venice.

Libretti

# Language Authors
1 Italian Francesco Maria Piave
2 German
3 English
4 French

original libretto
line-by-line of the original libretto

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Audio recordings

Year Cast
Conductor,
Opera chorus and orchestra
Label,
Comment
Buy
1955
Violetta — Maria Callas,
Alfredo — Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Germont — Ettore Bastianini
Carlo Maria Giulini
La Scala orchestra and chorus, Milan
EMI Classics Cat: 66450

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1960

DM's pick

Violetta — Anna Moffo,
Alfredo — Richard Tucker,
Germont — Robert Merrill
Fernando Previtali
Rome Opera orchestra and chorus
RCA Victor Cat: 68885

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1976
Violetta — Ileana CotrubaÅŸ,
Alfredo — Plácido Domingo,
Germont — Sherrill Milnes
Carlos Kleiber
Bavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus
Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 415132

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1979
Violetta — Joan Sutherland,
Alfredo — Luciano Pavarotti,
Germont — Matteo Manuguerra
Richard Bonynge
National Philharmonic Orchestra and London Opera Chorus
Decca Cat: 430491

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2005
Violetta — Anna Netrebko,
Alfredo — Rolando Villazón,
Germont — Thomas Hampson
Carlo Rizzi
Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Chorus
Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 52902

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Books

Year Title Description Buy
2024

DM's pick

La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi: Line-by-line Italian/English libretto Paperback A complete libretto of Verdi's "La traviata" with Italian and English translations side-by-side, as presented on DM's opera site. The book is designed to help opera lovers follow and understand the lyrics. Amazon.com

Video recordings

Year Cast
Conductor,
Opera chorus and orchestra,
Director
Label,
Comment
Buy
1967
Violetta — Anna Moffo,
Alfredo — Franco Bonisolli,
Germont — Gino Bechi
Giuseppe Patanè
Rome Opera orchestra and chorus
Mario Lanfranchi
Video Artists International

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1983

DM's pick

Violetta — Teresa Stratas,
Alfredo — Plácido Domingo,
Germont — Cornell MacNeil
James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
Franco Zeffirelli
Universal Studios Cat: 0 2519-20326-2 2

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1994
Violetta — Angela Gheorghiu,
Alfredo — Frank Lopardo,
Germont — Leo Nucci
Sir Georg Solti
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
Richard Eyre
Decca Cat: 071 431-9

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