Plummeting in love
The Met’s current production of Verdi’s La Traviata is something of a mixed bag.
4 pieces since 2011 — at 2 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
2 pieces as Metropolitan Opera — stats above show all coverage for Wolfgang Gussmann.
View allThe Met’s current production of Verdi’s La Traviata is something of a mixed bag.
Willy Decker’s Traviata has garnered praise from critics and audiences alike in the week since its Metropolitan premiere, but (as was to be expected) this praise comes over the complaints of a select few traditionalists, a handful of lonely boos amid the mostly enthusiastic applause. Their objection (as usual) is that Decker’s production betrays the […]
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