LA TRAVIATA Sills, Price, Fredricks (Wolf Trap 1976) (DVD)

Beverly Sills was world-famous for her portrayal of Violetta in Tito Capobianco's stirring production of Verdi's perennial favorite. This performance was captured live on video in 1976 as part of the Wolf Trap Festival. Sung in Italian with English subtitles.
Color, 135 minutes, 4:3, All regions

LA TRAVIATA
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave,
after the play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils

Cast:
Violetta - Beverly Sills
Alfredo - Henry Price
Germont - Richard Fredricks
Flora Bervoix - Fredda Rakusin
Marquis d'Obigny - Keith Kibler
Gastone - Neil Rosenshein
Annina - Evelyn Petros
Doctor Grenvil - John Cheek
Giuseppe - Roger Lucas
A Gardener - Christopher Deane

Filene Center Orchestra & Chorus
Julius Rudel, conductor
Directed for television by Kirk Browning
A production of the San Diego Opera