A video glimpse into Zefirelli's Traviata @The Met, 2010

. As far as I know this is the first video posted anywhere showing something from this production (that sadly won't be seen again at the...

Ioan Holender said "Good bye, Vienna"

Photo @ APA . After 19 years of hard working, he left the spot (director of the State Opera Vienna) to another colleague. The Gala in his h...

Photos of Traviata in Met's archive

Photo@Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera. Taken during the rehearsal on March 25, 2010 at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City . The ar...

Traviata. 7th performance. Met/April 21st

. This is the 7 th and last performance of this run with Angela as Violetta Valery. The rest of the cast remains unchanged. Yves Abel is ...

Flicka and Friends, with Angela among guests - April 20th

This ad appeared in the April issue of Opera News . Metropolitan Opera Guild Pays Tribute to Beloved American Mezzo Frederica von Stade Two...

Traviata at the Met. April 10th. Photos and impressions

. Thanks for waiting. I know that some of you are curious :). The pictures are uploaded on the other blog. Click HERE or on the picture to ...

On a beautiful evening of April I saw Traviata at the Met

. For the moment, just this. So you'll be curious to see what's next and you'll come back. I attended the performance on April ...

3rd is the lucky one. Traviata at the Met. It was THE one!

. The 3rd performance of Traviata at the Met just ended. It was soooo different from the premiere night. I don't know how it was when M...

Traviata. 3rd performance. Steven White's debut at the Met/April 7th

Met just announced on the website that the conductor for the performance on April 7th will be Steven White . This performance is SOLD OUT. ...

Armiliato, the wizard of Traviata

. With Mr Armiliato in the pit, everybody was happy on stage. According to the article published by Anthony Tommasini in New York Times , M...

Maestro Slatkin keeps writing about Traviata. Conducting it might be history...

. It's just a rumor , but when La Cieca "hears" something, it's true in most of the cases. As it was Angela not showing ...

The sound of the premiere. La Traviata. March 29th.

Last night, at the MET. It was beautiful. If you intend to attend, don't listen. You might spoil the pleasure of listening to the amazin...

Notes on rehearsing Traviata. By Leonard Slatkin

. Does the name sound familiar? it should. He's the conductor of La Traviata at the Met. And he has a very good habbit. He keeps a sort...

Libiam ne 'lieti calici - The Met, March 29th

. It was first announced last year this time. Now it's time to start. March 29th, Monday evening, the first performance of Traviata at ...