Verdi: La Traviata [complete opera recorded in 2012] BLU-RAY

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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata [complete opera recorded in 2012] BLU-RAY
Opera Australia / Emma Matthews, Gianluca Terranova, Jonathan Summers / Brian Castles-Onion (cond)

[ Opus Arte Opera Australia Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc ]

Release Date: Sunday 1 January 2017

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Rated: G - Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993Suitable for General Audiences

Stage Designer Brian Thomson

Costume Designer Tess Schofield

Lighting Designer John Rayment

La Traviata, one of the world's best loved romantic operas, and is performed under the stars on a floating, mirrored stage in Sydney Harbour, with the city, Opera House and Harbour Bridge acting as a stunning backdrop.

Giuseppe Verdi's captivating music is performed with the orchestra concealed in a studio beneath the stage to ensure the finest amplified sound combines with the superlative singing of the cast. With the singers discreetly miked, the recorded sound is presented here in superb quality.

Emma Matthews is continually being garnered with praise - 'Emma Matthews could inspire the dead, turning in one of the finest readings of this role I've ever heard' (International Record Review on Rigoletto), 'As Gilda, Emma Matthews is outstanding' (Opera Now on Rigoletto) - and doesn't disappoint.

Includes a glittering Swarovski chandelier illuminating the stage and fireworks decorating Sydney Harbour's sky-line, which render this production as something truly spectacular.

"Emma Matthews's Violetta is exuberant and breathtakingly accurate...she has nothing to fear from close scrutiny and amid what must have been considerable challenges she feels free enough to wow the audience." Gramophone

"At times it's very impressive to look at, at times it's hackneyed to the point of cliché, but you just might enjoy it, especially if you know Sydney...Matthews is a very effective Violetta. She uses her lyrical voice to great effect, singing with ringing intensity and a good deal of beauty, pinging out the high notes and never showing any discomfort. She also manages to change the colour of her voice most effectively for the final act." MusicWeb