LA TRAVIATA - Maria Callas, Lisbon 1958 (Complete Opera Verdi)

The fabled “Lisbon Traviata“ with Alfredo Kraus (Alfredo), and Mario Sereni (Giorgio), conducted by Franco Ghione, live performance, March 27, 1958. São Carlos de Lisboa, shortly after her famous walk-out at the Rome Opera... all was swept aside by the go-for-broke intensity of Callas’ Violetta. The vivid, brave, angry, feverish “Lisbon Traviata“: Listen to the letter scene and the “Amami, Alfredo“ (57:43)... It’s like conducting the orchestra herself. ------------------------------------- Act 1 The salon in Violetta’s house (4:15). Violetta throws a lavish party at her Paris salon to celebrate her recovery from an illness. Alfredo agrees to sing a drinking song (Libiamo ne’ lieti calici, 09:34). From the next room, the sound of the orchestra is heard and the guests move there to dance. Alfredo enters and expresses his concern for her fragile health, later declaring his love for her (Un dì, felice, eterea, 15:07). After