Wiener Festwochen's new Traviata: The wood and the trees

By Zwölftöner, 30 May 2012

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Reviewed at Theater an der Wien, Vienna on 27 May 2012

Verdi, La traviata

Omer Meir Wellber, Conductor

Deborah Warner, Director

Irina Lungu, Violetta Valéry

Karine Ohanyan, Flora Bervoix

Saimir Pirgu, Alfredo Germont

Tomaš Juhás, Gastone de Letorières

Gabriele Viviani, Giorgio Germont

ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Arnold Schoenberg Choir

Erwin Ortner, Leader

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Zwölftöner

Zwölftöner is a doctoral student based in Vienna, Austria. Interests include opera and orchestral, chamber, piano and contemporary music.