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| QUOTE | Review by Jeffrey K. Chase
La Traviata, reputedly composed in one month, is the work of neither the patriotic Verdi nor the heroic Verdi, nor even the grand opera Verdi, but the lyric Verdi limning in music what is to contemporary thought the sappy, sentimental plot of Alexander Dumas' fils celebrated play La Dame aux Camelias, based upon that author's true life experience.
It is interesting to note that each of the three acts counterpoints celebratory activities (a festive dinner, a party, a carnival) with tragic plot development. The ending bears similarity to that of Puccini's La bohème, composed more than 40 years subsequent. In both, the lovelorn heroine tragically and fatally succumbs to consumption.
On this disc Anna Moffo sings Violetta, one of her signature roles and that in which she made her Metropolitan Opera debut; tenor Richard Tucker is Alfredo Germont fils; and baritone Robert Merrill performs the elder Germont, the first role he performed at the Met and who had been chosen by Toscanini to sing the same role in what has become the fabled broadcast of 1946.
The role of Violetta is one of the most taxing in the repertoire because she remains on-stage for the whole of the first and third acts as well as for most of the second. "The real problem of Traviata," explained Moffo about this role, "is as old as the opera itself: a coloratura soprano for the first act; a lyric soprano for the second act; and a lirico-spinto, almost a dramatic soprano, for the last act - all of this without losing the congruity of the vocal line." Moffo brings to her performance not only the vocal beauty and virtuosity for which she was known, but also the characterization of a fine actress. Her rendering of the famous aria Sempre libera, for example, is bright and sparkling, yet with an appropriate tinge of superficiality and a questioning quality.
All around the singing is both spirited and tender, as appropriate to the context, and Fernando Previtali, conducting the Rome Opera Orchestra & Chorus, leads with clarity of both line and texture. Although at 113 minutes his pacing is on the faster side (Toscanini with Albanese 104 minutes; Ghione with Callas 123 minutes; Monteux with Carteri 141 minutes), this performance doesn't seem rushed or frenetic. This set, with sound enhanced by DSD remastering, is a successful transfer of this 1960 performance and includes a booklet containing a story synopsis and remastering technical notes, but no libretto. |
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