The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata

8.7 | 2018-12-15 |

Any new Met production of Verdi’s beloved tragedy La Traviata would be noteworthy, but Michael Mayer’s dazzling staging, which premiered during the 2018–19 season, was doubly significant as it marked Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s first performances as the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director. On the podium for this Live in HD transmission, Nézet-Séguin leads a starry ensemble. As Violetta, the consumptive heroine fighting to find true happiness, soprano Diana Damrau delivers yet another compelling portrayal on the Met stage. Tenor Juan Diego Flórez sings his first Verdi role with the company, as Violetta’s ardent yet impetuous lover, Alfredo, and baritone Quinn Kelsey rounds out the principal cast as Giorgio Germont, Alfredo’s implacable father.

Featured Crew

Yannick Nézet-Séguin	Conductor
Michael Mayer	Director
Lorin Latarro	Choreographer
Kevin Adams	Lighting Design
Christine Jones	Set Designer
Susan Hilferty	Costume Designer
Michael Mayer	Production Design
David Frost	Music Producer
Mia Bongiovanni	Supervising Producer
Elena Park	Supervising Producer