Met Maestro Fabio Luisi Conducts LA TRAVIATA Tonight, 5/2

The Metropolitan Opera's Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi conducts tonight's May 2 performance of Verdi's LA TRAVIATA.

This season, Luisi has led the new production premieres of Mozart's DON GIOVANNI and Wagner's SIEGFRIED, and GOTTERDAMMERUNG. In addition to conducting LA TRAVIATA, he will lead complete cycles of Wagner's DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN and the new production of Massenet's MANON to round out his invovlement in the in 2011-2012 season.  Luisi also currently conducts at the Baltimore Lyric Opera and the New York City Opera.

White made his Metropolitan Opera debut conducting LA TRAVIATA in the Met's 2009-2010 season.

LA TRAVIATA stars Natalie Dessay as Violetta Valéry, Matthew Polenzani as Alfredo Germont, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Giorgio Germont. Tickets for the production are available at http://www.metoperafamily.org.

Related Links

The Church of the Transfiguration to Present BACHFEST: CANTATA 147, 6/7 May 17, 2013

BY Experience Donates Projector to Lillian Booth Actors Home; National Theatre Live's THE AUDIENCE to Screen, 6/14 May 17, 2013

Gianni Russo to Be Honored as Little Italy's 'Man of the Year' at Mulberry Street Mall Ribbon Cutting, 5/25 May 17, 2013

Cornelia Street Cafe to Present THE LIFE I'M LEADING: MUSIC OF DANIEL FELSENFELD, 6/2 May 17, 2013

BWW Reviews: “And the Winners Were…” A Report Card for the Metropolitan Opera's 2012-2013 Season by Richard Sasanow - May 17, 2013