Any article bearing the headline “I am doing this for the public” is sure to catch La Cieca’s attention. All the better when the “this” is a new recording of La traviata starring the exiles of Rome Opera, Daniela Dessì and Fabio Armiliato.

According to tipster Ercole Farnese, la Dessì is recording the Verdi tearjerker in Parma, under John Neschling. Tenor Armiliato was already scheduled to record his own CD of arias, and they decided to add more time to record the opera together. She adds it this will be a Traviata without cuts and without the interpolated high E-flat, as Verdi wrote it, “for a lyric soprano, not a coloratura.” The full article is here.