Verdi - La Traviata / Patane, Moffo, Bonisolli, Rome Opera House

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Product Description ------------------- Anna Moffo, Franco Bonisolli, Gino Bechi are featured soloists in Verdi's great opera. Giuseppe Patane conducts the Rome Opera House Orchestra. .com ---- Musically, this is a quite satisfactory Traviata. Visually and sonically, it has a few small problems (pre-digital sound, imperfect tape splices, moments of imprecise lip-synchronization), but it can be recommended for those who enjoy less-than-perfect historic s. Anna Moffo was an endearing Violetta, and her identification with the role is lovingly captured by director Mario Lanfranchi, who was her husband, with charming close-ups and detailed attention to her body language. Giuseppe Patane was one of the best Italian opera conductors of his generation, and he treats Verdi's masterpiece with stylistic sensitivity allied to technical expertise. Franco Bonisolli is visually and vocally just right for the role of the impetuous Alfredo and Gino Bechi gives a properly stern portrayal of his insecure, bourgeois her. --Joe McLellan P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); From the Back Cover ------------------- The role of Violetta in La Traviata is one which Verdi might well have composed with Anna Moffo in mind. Possessing a singular beauty of voice and appearance, the soprano succeeds brilliantly in fulfilling the composer's difficult musical and dramatic demands. It is especially fortunate that Miss Moffo's celebrated portrayal has been captured in Mario Lanfranchi's cinematic , a sumptuously beautiful and emotionally powerful film. Asked about her own reaction to this Travita, Miss Moffo had this to say: "In making this film version of La Traviata, I particularly enjoyed the chance to project the character of Violetta through subtleties of facial expression which the camera captures in such detail. The biggest thrill in watching the film again was that, with those cinematic close-ups, I could really look into Violetta's eyes and see what she is thinking. It reminds me of the Italian saying, "Gl'occhi sono lo specchio dell'anima"--The eyes are the mirror of the soul." --Anna Moffo See more ( javascript:void(0) )