Carsen's La traviata rises again at La Fenice

By James Imam, 02 December 2014

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Reviewed at Teatro La Fenice, Venice on 29 November 2014

Verdi, La traviata

Teatro La Fenice

Daniele Rustioni, Conductor

Robert Carsen, Director

Patrick Kinmonth, Set Designer

Francesca Dotto, Violetta Valéry

Leonardo Cortellazzi, Alfredo Germont

Marco Caria, Giorgio Germont

Sabrina Vianello, Annina

Elisabetta Martorana, Flora Bervoix

Massimiliano Chiarolla, Gastone de Letorières

Armando Gabba, Baron Douphol

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****1

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****1

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James Imam

James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.