La traviata / by Giuseppe Verdi ; director, Richard Eyre ; libretto, Francesco Maria Piave, after La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils ; producer, Jane Pleydell-Bouverie ; producers, Stephany Marks, Jan Younghusband ; directed for television by Humphrey Burton and Peter Maniura ; a BBC/Covent Garden Pioneer FSP/Royal Opera House co-production ; made in association with the Decca Record Company Limited.

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"This famous performance of Verdi's romantic tragedy captures one of the most sensational debuts in operatic history. Singing Violetta for the first time was the young Romanian soprano, Angela Gheorghiu, whose remarkable interpretation reached the front pages of the world's press and led the BBC imm...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Royal Opera House (London, England) (Performer)
British Broadcasting Corporation
Covent Garden Pioneer
Decca Record Company
Other Authors: Gheorghiu, Angela (Performer)
Lopardo, Frank (Performer)
Nucci, Leo (Performer)
Solti, Georg, 1912-1997 (Conductor)
Eyre, Richard, 1943- (Director)
Crowley, Bob (Designer)
Burton, Humphrey, 1931- (Director)
Maniura, Peter (Director)
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901
Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876
Pleydell-Bouverie, Jane
Marks, Stephany
Younghusband, Jan
Van Allan, Richard
Leggate, Robin
Earle, Roderick
Beesley, Mark, 1961-
Jones, Leah-Marian
Knight, Gillian
Kalman, Jean
Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895
Language:Italian
Chinese
English
French
German
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
Sung in Italian with subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, and Chinese.
Published: London, England : Decca, [1995], ℗1995.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Operas.
Courtesans > Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Music > Performance > Television.
Opera > Performance > Television.
Nonfiction television programs.
Romance television programs.
Television programs > Great Britain.
Drama.
Courtesans.
Filmed performances.
Genre:
Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Music
Opera
Operas.
Nonfiction television programs.
Romance television programs.
Television programs
Filmed performances.
Performance
Television.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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