"La Traviata"
by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Excerpts - Libretto and Music, with Narration by Ira Ross

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  • "La Traviata" is a beautiful, tragic love story -- probably the most popular of all Verdi operas.
  • The musical performance on the CD is outstanding, with an excellent cast of singers and a marvelous conductor and orchestra.
  • Cast:
    • Violetta Valéry - Monika Krause, soprano
    • Alfredo Germont - Yordy Ramiro, tenor
    • Georgio Germont - Georg Tichy, baritone
    • Flora Bervoix - Rannveig Braga, mezzo-soprano
    • Annina - Ivica Neshybová, soprano
    • Barone Douphol - Pavol Maurery, baritone
    • Gastone - Peter Oswald, tenor
    • Dottore Grenvil - Jozef Spacek, bass
  • Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
  • Alexander Rahbari, Conductor
  • Slovak Philharmonic Chorus
  • Jan Rozehnal, Chorus Master
  • The CD is 52 minutes long and contains 35 tracks of narration and musical excerpts including:
    • Prelude 1st and 2nd parts
    • "Brindisi: Libiamo"
      • Toast: Let us drink
    • "È strano! È strano!"
      • How strange!
    • "Ah, fors'è lui"
      • Ah, perhaps he is the one
    • "Follie! Follie!"
      • Folly, All is folly
    • "Sempre libera"
      • Forever free
    • "Pura siccome un angelo"
      • Pure as an angel
    • "Un di, quando le veneri"
      • One day, when his passion has died
    • "Ah, dite alla giovine"
      • Oh! tell your daughter
    • "Ch'ei qui non"
      • He must not find me here
    • "Alfredo, Alfredo, di questo core"
      • Alfredo, Alfredo, you cannot understand
    • "Addio, del passato"
      • Good-bye, sweet dreams
    • "Parigi, o cara"
      • We shall leave Paris, my darling
    • "Prendi, quest' è l'immagine!
      • Take this. It is my portrait
    • "È strano!"
      • How strange!
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