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by La Cieca | 8:26 am | Jul 1, 2009

A snippet of last night’s Traviata from London.

Sanford says:
Harry,I think that when you have that reaction to Violetta, it’s because the wrong emphasis is being stressed in the role. When I think of Violetta, I think of Moffo, because her voice had such an innate pathos. And I was recently sent her Met broadcast and she doesn’t sing the high note at the end of Sempre Libera. What she *does* do is capture the anguish during the scene with the elder Germont.
on July 4, 2009 at 5:40 PM

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