La Traviata 18 years old

This superb 2006 production of the Los Angeles Opera's La Traviata stars Renée Fleming, who joins the ranks of the elite handful of sopranos whose vocal and acting talents make their portrayals memorable. Her Violetta Valéry is a vulnerable figure torn between self-indulgence and love, sacrificing personal happiness to become a victim of the social mores of mid-19th-century bourgeois France. Fleming's acting captures the complexity of the character and her vocalism is flawless. She negotiates the wild coloratura of Act One with aplomb, and is stunning in the lyric passages that pervade the opera, and touching in her scenes with her lover, Alfredo, and his father. Her singing is free of the mannerisms that have sometimes crept into her work and at the same time she brings countless personal touches to the role, phrasing and verbal emphases that shed fresh light on the character.

Credits

La Traviata Cast

Name	Character
Rolando Villazón He was 33, now 52 years old	as Alfredo Germont
Renée Fleming She was 46, now 65 years old	as Violetta Valéry

La Traviata Crew

Name	Department
Giuseppe Verdi as Original Music Composer. He was 192 (87) years old when He died	Sound
Alexandre Dumas fils as Novel. He was 181 (71) years old when He died	Writing
Francesco Maria Piave as Writer. He was 195 (65) years old when He died	Writing