“An understudy saved the show at the Met’s La Traviata Friday night, but no star was born. Jumping into the role of Violetta, the self-sacrificing courtesan in Verdi’s tragedy, was Hei-Kyung Hong, after soprano Natalie Dessay called in sick late Thursday night.” [New York Post]

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