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The Met in HD, La Traviata, 2012

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“Natalie Dessay is a spunky delight”
Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City on 25 November 2013
Verdi, La traviata
Metropolitan Opera
Fabio Luisi, Conductor
Willy Decker, Director
Natalie Dessay, Violetta Valéry
Matthew Polenzani, Alfredo Germont
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Giorgio Germont
Maria Zifchak, Annina
Patricia Risley, Flora Bervoix
Scott Scully, Gastone de Letorières
Luigi Roni, Dr Grenvil
Kyle Pfortmiller, Marquis d'Obigny
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