Artist’s Choice: Verdi’s La traviata

February 1, 2025, 12:00 pm

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Renée Fleming as Violetta in La traviata (Photo: Ken Howard/Met Opera)

Chosen by Angel Blue, hear Renée Fleming in a performance from November 7, 2007.

Fleming is the the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta—one of opera’s ultimate heroines. Tenor Matthew Polenzani is her self-centered lover Alfredo, alongside baritone Dwayne Croft as his disapproving father, and Marco Armiliato on the podium.