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Decca
chorus London Opera Chorus
composed by Giuseppe Verdi
conductor Richard Bonynge
libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
orchestra National Philharmonic Orchestra
First performed at the Teatro Fenice Venice, March 6, 1853.

Penguin Guide says : Sutherland's second recording of the role of Violetta has a breadth and exuberance beyond her achievement in the earlier version of 1963...Bonynge's conducting is finely sprung, the style direct, the speeds often spacious in lyrical music...The digital recording is outstandingly vivid”



Sung in italian.