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LA Opera's Traviata sparkles, but doesn't quite shine

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“Nino Machaidze was a glamorous presence, completely engrossed in Violetta's joy and suffering”
Reviewed at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles on 13 September 2014
Verdi, La traviata
LA Opera
James Conlon, Conductor
Marta Domingo, Director, Costume Designer, Set Designer
Nino Machaidze, Violetta Valéry
Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Alfredo Germont
Plácido Domingo, Giorgio Germont
Vanessa Becerra, Annina
Peabody Southwell, Flora Bervoix
Brenton Ryan, Gastone de Letorières
Daniel Mobbs, Baron Douphol
Soloman Howard, Dr Grenvil
Daniel Armstrong, Marquis d'Obigny
Grant Gershon, Choirmaster / chorus director
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