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This recording of Verdi's "La Traviata" from the 2005 Salzburg Festival - the uncontested and hopelessly sold-out highlight of the festival season -captures the triumphal performance not only of Anna Netrebko as Violetta Valéry but also of Rolando Villazón as her lover Alfredo. The glamorous Russian soprano and the heartthrob Mexican tenor have become the new dream team of the opera world. The international press was unanimous in praising the singers' phenomenal range, heavenly timbre, musical finesse, and powerful, charismatic stage presence. Portraying Alfredo's father is one of the leading baritones of our time, Thomas Hampson. The Austrian Broadcasting Corporation's (ORF) simultaneous telecast of the premiere scored a phenomenal 29% market share. Willy Decker's stark, elegantly stylish stage production makes Anna Netrebko the center of attention at all times. The sets and costumes are by Wolfgang Gussmann. "La Traviata" is conducted by Carlo Rizzi, performed by the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and directed for television by Emmy-Award winner Brian Large.

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2013, Salzburger Festspiele

Verdi, Don Carlo

  • Antonio Pappano

  • Peter Stein

  • Wiener Philharmoniker

  • Matti Salminen, Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Thomas Hampson

2014, Salzburger Festspiele

Verdi, Il Trovatore

  • Daniele Gatti

  • Alvis Hermanis

  • Wiener Philharmoniker

  • Anna Netrebko, Plácido Domingo, Marie-Nicole Lemieux

2016, Vienna

Red Ribbon Celebration Concert - Orpheus & Eurydice

  • Martin Haselböck

  • Wiener Akademie

  • Thomas Hampson, Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Juan Diego Flórez

2012, Kulturbrauerei Berlin

Stars of Tomorrow - Episode 8

  • Elias Grandy

  • Junge Sinfonie Berlin

  • Rolando Villazón, Regula Mühlemann, Valer Barna-Sabadus

  • Tine Thing Helseth, Sophie Pacini

2013, Klassik am Odeonsplatz

Wagner & Verdi - Klassik am Odeonsplatz

  • Yannick Nézet-Séguin

  • Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

  • Rolando Villazón, Thomas Hampson

  • Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

2006, Waldbühne Berlin

Classical Summit - 3 Superstars in Berlin

  • Marco Armiliato

  • Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

  • Rolando Villazón, Plácido Domingo, Anna Netrebko

2014, Kulturbrauerei Berlin

Stars of Tomorrow - Episode 15

  • Patrick Lange

  • Junge Sinfonie Berlin

  • Kristina Mkhitaryan, Rolando Villazón

  • Andreas Ottensamer, Hwayoon Lee

2017, Salzburger Festspiele

Verdi, Aida

  • Riccardo Muti

  • Shirin Neshat

  • Wiener Philharmoniker

  • Anna Netrebko, Francesco Meli, Roberto Tagliavini

2018, Schlosspark Schönbrunn

Summer Night Concert 2018

  • Valery Gergiev

  • Wiener Philharmoniker

  • Anna Netrebko

2007, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazón in Paris

  • Emmanuel Villaume

  • Orchestre National de Belgique

  • Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón

2014, Kulturbrauerei Berlin

Stars of Tomorrow - Episode 16

  • Patrick Lange

  • Junge Sinfonie Berlin

  • Rolando Villazón, Zhengzhong Zhou

  • Michael Barenboim, Inga Fiolia

2020

Magic Moments of Music - La Traviata

  • Carlo Rizzi

  • Willy Decker

  • Wiener Philharmoniker

  • Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Thomas Hampson

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