[Met Performance] CID:354511
La Traviata {977} Metropolitan Opera House: 05/02/2012.
(Last performance: Richard Horowitz)
Metropolitan Opera House
May 2, 2012
LA TRAVIATA {977}
Giuseppe Verdi--Francesco Maria Piave
Violetta.....................Hei-Kyung Hong
Alfredo......................Matthew Polenzani
Germont......................Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Flora........................Patricia Risley
Gastone......................Scott Scully
Baron Douphol................Jason Stearns
Marquis D'Obigny.............Kyle Pfortmiller
Dr. Grenvil..................Luigi Roni
Annina.......................Maria Zifchak
Giuseppe.....................Juhwan Lee
Messenger....................Joseph Turi
Guest........................Athol Farmer
Gentleman....................Peter Volpe
Conductor....................Fabio Luisi
Production...................Willy Decker
Designer.....................Wolfgang Gussmann
Associate Costume Designer...Susana Mendoza
Lighting Designer............Hans Toelstede
Choreographer................Athol Farmer
In this production, there is only one intermission which falls after Act I.
General Manager Peter Gelb led an onstage tribute before the start of Act II for Richard Horowitz, Principal Timpanist, who retired with this performance from the Met Orchestra after an unprecedented 66 years
Original production of the Salzburger Festspiele; with thanks to De Nederlandse Opera