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Metropolitan Opera: Verdi’s La Traviata

Aleksandra Kurzak as Violetta in Verdi's "La Traviata."
Marty Sohl
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Met Opera
Aleksandra Kurzak as Violetta in Verdi's "La Traviata."

Airs Saturday, January 18, 2020, at 12 noon. The 2019-20 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with Verdi’s beautiful tragedy La Traviata. Aleksandra Kurzak sings the iconic title role as Violetta, the courtesan who gives up everything she possesses for an enduring love. Dmytro Popov is the impulsive Alfredo, and Quinn Kelsey is his moralistic father Giorgio Germont. Karel Mark Chichon conducts the Metropolitan Orchestra and Chorus. La Traviata will be heard live over Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 12:00 noon CT on Saturday, January 18.