Renée Fleming has matured into one of the finest sopranos around at the moment, a true star with a sparkling personality and a velvet-toned voice that is capable of wringing the finest emotions out of works by Strauss and Tchaikovsky that from a lesser singer could sound rather cold and clinical. I wouldn't have thought her voice would be so well suited to Violetta Valéry in La Traviata, and it does take some getting used to, but I think she at least brings a distinct quality to the role with an emotional heart that isn't always necessarily there when a leading diva uses it primarily as a display for her vocal talents. It's served well also by Antonio Pappano's conducting of the Royal Opera House Orchestra in a traditional, but effective production by Richard Eyre.
Richard Eyre
Director
Francesco Maria Piave
Writer
Renée Fleming
Violetta Valéry
Joseph Calleja
Alfredo Germont
Thomas Hampson
Giorgio Germont
Monika-Evelin Liiv
Flora Bervoix
Eddie Wade
Il barone Douphol
Kostas Smoriginas
Il Marchese d'Obigny
Antonio Pappano
Self - Conductor
Richard Wiegold
Il dottor Grenvil
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Self - Orchestra
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