The doyen of operatic stage direction has done it again! (Or, to be strictly accurate, he has done it for about the twentieth time, but who’s counting?) Thrill to the brilliantly innovative new production of La traviata Franco Zeffirelli just unveiled at the Rome Opera!

Oh, if only we could have a production of Traviata just like this here in New York! Or, even better, if only we could have two productions just like this!