A 2010 production of this opera at the Met was critically panned due to Leonard Slatkin's insufficient preparation.
At one point in this opera, we hear a character singing that "Love is the pulse of the universe" offstage, and in a later scene, an offstage group of carnival revelers celebrate a man whose "head is crowned with flowers." A 2010 production of this opera at the Met was critically panned due to Leonard Slatkin's insufficient preparation. In this opera, (*) Giorgio sings "Di Provenza il mar" to comfort his son, who has just read a letter of farewell. Its title character sings "Ah fors' è lui" and "Sempre libera," and sells all her possessions to buy a country house but later returns to her old lover Baron Duphol. The brindisi "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" is sung during the first act, shortly after the title character meets her admirer Alfredo Germont. For 10 points, name this opera about the courtesan Violetta by Giuseppe Verdi.
At one point in this opera, we hear a character singing that "Love is the pulse of the universe" offstage, and in a later scene, an offstage group of carnival revelers celebrate a man whose "head is crowned with flowers."
La Traviata