La traviata at Covent Garden: imperfect but enjoyable

By David Karlin, 17 January 2017

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“tempi and dynamics were well judged, the singers were generally given plenty of room to breathe”

Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 16 January 2017

Verdi, La traviata

The Royal Opera

Daniele Rustioni, Conductor

Sir Richard Eyre, Director

Bob Crowley, Set Designer

Joyce El-Khoury, Violetta Valéry

Sergey Romanovsky, Alfredo Germont

Artur Ruciński, Giorgio Germont

Angela Simkin, Flora Bervoix

David Junghoon Kim, Gastone de Letorières

Yuriy Yurchuk, Baron Douphol

Elizabeth Sikora, Annina

Jeremy White, Marquis d'Obigny

David Shipley, Dr Grenvil

Neil Gillespie, Giuseppe

Royal Opera Chorus

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.