La Traviata
Verdi
Violetta Val�ry
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2008-2009
Beverly Sills
Nelly Miricioiu
Susan Patterson
Ver�nica Villarroel
Ruth Ann Swenson
Joan Sutherland
Jeannette Pilou
1980
Valerie Masterson
1983
Nelly Miricioiu
1925
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Elvira De Hidalgo
Lucrezia Bori
Gina Cigna
Jarmila Novotn�
Bid� Say�o
Licia Albanese
1924
Claudia Muzio
Clare Clairbert
Nadine Conner
Lily Pons
Leyla Gencer
Dramatic soprano role
A beautiful and wealthy Parisian.
Ah, fors' � lui...Sempre libera
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Mary Costa
Anna Netrebko
Addio del passato
Sempre libera
2008-2009
Elizaeth Futral
Licia Albanese
1953
1957
1960
Anna Moffo
1983
Winifred Faix Brown
1983
Katia Ricciarelli
1983
Adriana Vanelli
1991
Carol Vaness
2004-2005
Mary Dunleavy
1947
1948
Dorothy Kirsten
Claudia Muzio
Claudia Muzio
Licia Albanese
Licia Albanese
Licia Albanese
Nadine Conner
Dorothy Kirsten
Lily Pons
Licia Albanese
Mary Costa
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Muzio became the woman she was portraying and, when she clutched Teresina Monotti, the Annina in the Traviata, she was trembling and crying as if she were indeed Violetta. Muzio also had a way of making her colleagues believe in their parts more than they might some other nights./ pg 28- 1922-1978 SFO-Bloofield
In Traviata, Clairbert ended �Sempre Libera� with a high E flat not in the score, but she was more than a simple songbird./ pg 47- 1922-1978 SFO-Bloofield
Came the night of the first performance, dressy and social. Every important artist not singing in Traviata seemed to be there. Pons herself was extremely nervous at the start, and her tone became fluttery. But, when she relaxed, there were passages of intense feeling a beautiful singing. She seemed to identify herself with the role more and more as the evening progressed but she couldn�t persuade many listeners that Violetta is a role for such a light voice./ pg 122- 1922-1978 SFO-Bloofield
In Traviata, Clairbert ended �Sempre Libera� with a high E flat not in the score, but she was more than a simple songbird./ pg 47- 1922-1978 SFO-Bloofield
This Traviata  was a tribute to Adler�s depth casting with Costa again the extrovert Violetta./ pg 207- 1922-1978 SFO-Bloofield
Jeannette Pilou was dry-voiced on opening night, but later the sensuously silvery quality of her soprano emerged. In all performances, one could enjoy the conversationally realistic phrasing she employed most gracefully for dramatic effect./ pg 270- 1922-1978 SFO-Bloofield
Leyla Gencer
2001
Patricia Racette
2001
Mary Dunleavy
Patricia Racette
Ruth Ann Swenson
2008-2009
Ailyn Perez
Licia Albanese
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