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VERDI
LA TRAVIATA
LORIN MAAZEL
LILIANA CAVANI
TEATRO ALLA SCALA
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LA TRAVIATA
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PLAYBILL
Teatro alla Scala, July 2007
Opera and Ballet Season 2006-2007
LA TRAVIATA
Melodramma in tre atti
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Edition BMG Ricordi, Music Publishing spa, Milano
Stage Production Teatro alla Scala
Premiere: Venezia, Teatro La Fenice, March 6, 1853
Conductor Lorin Maazel
Chorus Master Bruno Casoni
Director Liliana Cavani
Renewal by Marina Bianchi
Set Designer Dante Ferretti
Costume Designer Gabriella Pescucci
Choreographer Micha van Hoecke
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala
Ballet of the Teatro alla Scala
Characters and Performers
Violetta Valéry (soprano) Angela Gheorghiu
Alfredo Germont (tenor) Ramón Vargas
Giorgio Germont (baritone) Roberto Frontali
Flora Bervoix (mezzo-soprano) Natascha Petrinsky
Annina (soprano) Tiziana Tramonti
Gastone (tenor) Enrico Cossutta
Barone Douphol (baritone) Alessandro Paliaga
Marchese d’Obigny (bass) Piero Terranova
Dottor Grenvil (bass) Luigi Roni
Giuseppe (tenor) Nicola Pamio
Domestico di Flora (bass) Giuseppe Nicodemo
Commissionario (bass) Ernesto Panariello
Dance Soloist Gianni Ghisleni
MESIA CONTENTS AND CREDITS
DVD
«IL TEMPO GIUDICHERÀ»
Verdi uomo e maestro.
Gli anni della Traviata
With Philip Gossett
Visual Journey
by Elvio Annese and Roberto San Pietro
In collaboration with ipotesICinema
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
LA TRAVIATA
HIGHLIGHTS*
Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet of the Teatro alla Scala
Conductor Lorin Maazel
Director Liliana Cavani
ROM CONTENTS
Between Novel and Reality: Telling the Story of La traviata by Carlo Bianchi
Looking for Violetta by Mario Marcarini
Verdi’s La traviata: Study Guide for Secondary Schools by Carlo Delfrati
La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils
(French, English, Italian)
The Life of the Lady of the Camellias by Georges Soreau
Synopsis and Libretto
(Italian, English, French)
MP3 Audio Files of the Complete Opera
EXTRAS
La dame sans titre, A Short Film by Andrea Franceschini
Trailer
CD
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
LA TRAVIATA *
Live recording
(*) Rai
Director Paola Longobardo
Assistant Cristina Lubiani
Photo Director Riccardo De Poli
Production Director Salvatore Bucca
Delegated of Production Manuela Scifoni
Music Consultants Giovanni Primavesi, Walter Frazzi
Editors Samantha Roberts, Carlo Bertucci
Audio Edition Gabriele Fanchini
Music Recording Rai - Direzione Radiofonia
Production Organization Pietro Panzeri
Audio Recording Guglielmina De Toffol
Production Specialized Antonio Topolino
MEDIA PROJECT AND CREDITS
Project and Marketing Nimax S.r.l.
Artistic Supervisor Philip Gossett
Artistic Coordinator Federico Fornoni
Production Coordinator Saveria Raimondi
Production Assistants Francesco Marrella, Francesca Zambelli
Denoising and Remastering Diversified Technologies S.r.l.
Authoring Impronte Digitali S.r.l.
Subtitles Synchronization Fabiola D’Alessandro
Original Graphic Concept FG Confalonieri
DVD Menu Graphic akòmi srl
Web Project Diego Paroni, Simetra S.r.l.
Series Naming Clerici e Associati S.r.l.
Photographic References
Photos Marco Brescia © Teatro alla Scala
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