Giuseppe Verdi - La Traviata - Domingo, Stratas - Zeffirelli - LevineDVD9 - NTSC - 4:3 - All Regions - Italian - LPCM, DTS - 102min.
Subtitles: English, Italian, German, French, Spanish, Chinese
Deutsche Grammophon, released 2007
Alfredo Germont - Placido Domingo, Violeta Valery - Teresa Stratas, Flora Bervoix - Axelle Gall, Giorgio Germont - Cornell Macneil, Annina - Pina Cei, Gastone - Maurizio Barbacini, Barone Douphol - Allan Monk
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus & James Levine
Directed and designed by Franco Zeffirelli
"Plácido Domingo's . . . ardency and star power are crystal-clear and he's in fine voice . . . this is a wonderful, very touching performance and a feast for the eyes." Record Review / Robert Levine, International Record Review (London) / 01. January 2008
"Both Violettas are distinguished and memorable, Fleming with one of the most lovely voices to be heard in the part, Stratas as one of the best actresses among singers. Fleming's warm, vibrant quality makes its mark from her very first phrase, and again from the start Stratas's face reflects all the shades by which hope and fear, the public image and the inner self may be expressed. Both meet the notoriously disparate vocal demands of the role . . . Both are fine in the developing emotions of the great duet with Germont "père". For all that Domingo and Villazón may seem to represent a kind of vocal continuum, their identities here are quite distinct, with Villazón the lighter, more volatile Alfredo, and, also, in musical detail sometimes the more refined." Record Review / John Steane, Gramophone (London) / 01. April 2008
