[Met Performance] CID:190130



La Traviata
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, February 10, 1962




La Traviata (461)
Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave
Violetta
Gabriella Tucci

Alfredo
Dino Formichini

Germont
Frank Guarrera

Flora
Joan Wall

Gastone
Gabor Carelli

Baron Douphol
Calvin Marsh

Marquis D'Obigny
George Cehanovsky

Dr. Grenvil
Louis Sgarro

Annina
Mary Ellen Pracht

Giuseppe
William Zakariasen

Gardener
Vladimir Chistiakov


Conductor
Ignace Strasfogel







Review 1:

Review of John Gruen in the New York Herald Tribune

Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata" received its sixth performance of the season Saturday night at the Metropolitan Opera. Making her first appearance in the role of Violetta was soprano Gabriella Tucci. It, was an appearance marked by uncommon vocal and interpretative artistry. Miss Tucci seems to have that rare ability of projecting a character so masterfully that one tends to forget that a diva is also singing a role and, as divas go, this is no mean feat.

Of course, the opera is replete with a spectrum of super-attenuated emotions. What was remarkable was that Miss Tucci made every one of these credible and touching. Her singing (and this seems to be a characteristic) does not assume its best qualities until she is well into a role. Thus "Fors' e Lui" and "Sempre Libera" suffered from vocal tensions, but thereafter the voice became sinuous and richly poetic in every range.

Dino Formichini was Alfredo, Calvin Marsh, the Marquis and Joan Wall was Flora Bervoix among the familiar cast. Ignace Strasfogel conducted a taut and balanced performance.



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