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La traviata set in the Belle Époque in Naples

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Reviewed at Teatro di San Carlo, Naples on 3 November 2015
Verdi, La traviata
Teatro di San Carlo
Nello Santi, Conductor
Maurizio Agostini, Conductor
Ferzan Ozpetek, Director
Dante Ferretti, Set Designer
Alessandro Lai, Costume Designer
Maria Grazia Schiavo, Violetta Valéry
Cinzia Forte, Violetta Valéry
Jessica Nuccio, Violetta Valéry
Ismael Jordi, Alfredo Germont
Stefan Pop, Alfredo Germont
Merūnas Vitulskis, Alfredo Germont
Marco Caria, Giorgio Germont
Giovanni Meoni, Giorgio Germont
Marta Calcaterra, Annina
Massimiliano Chiarolla, Gastone de Letorières
Fernando Piqueras, Baron Douphol
Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo
Coro del Teatro di San Carlo
Corpo di Ballo del Teatro di San Carlo
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