Metropolitan Opera - La Traviata Reviews | 20 March 2023 |

Hei-Kyung Hong (Violetta)

Hei-Kyung Hong (Violetta), Chorus

Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Germont), Hei-Kyung Hong (Violetta)

Matthew Polenzani (Alfredo), Hei-Kyung Hong (Violetta), Maria Zifchak (Annina)

Hei-Kyung Hong (Violetta)
Performance reviews
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Dessay finds intimacy and pathos in Violetta |
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Courtesan light: A ‘Traviata’ without the glamour and glitz |
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The best singing of the performance easily came from Dmitri Hvorostovsky |
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Dessay takes over title role in "Traviata" |
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Natalie Dessay in ‘La Traviata’ at the Met |
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Verdi’s ‘fallen woman’ stands up |
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Hei-Kyung Hong stars in Willy Decker’s ‘Traviata’ at the Met |
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Hong tackles Decker's stark, modern 'Traviata' |
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Covering for Dessay, Hong scales the heights in Met’s “Traviata” revival |
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Dessay bows out of Met `Traviata' in mid-opera
After struggling through the first act of Verdi's "La Traviata" on Saturday night, Dessay was replaced by Hei-Kyung Hong for the final two acts.
After struggling through the first act of Verdi's "La Traviata" on Saturday night, Dessay was replaced by Hei-Kyung Hong for the final two acts.
Production details
Cast
Dessay/Hong, Polenzani, Hvorostovsky, Risley, Zifchak, Scully, Stearns, Pfortmiller, Roni
(c) Luisi/White (d) Decker
Performance dates
6, 10, 14(m), 18, 21, 25, 28 April, 2 May 2012
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