The main male lead is introduced to the protagonist at a lavish Parisian party where he takes part in a Brindisi called "Libiamo ne' lieti calici".
Carlos Kleiber's only studio recording of a non-German-language opera was his production of this work with Ilena Cortubas. At one social gathering in this opera, a band of entertainers dressed as matadors sing "E Piquillo un bel gagliardo". In the second act of this opera, the maid Annina reveals that the protagonist has sold off much of her jewelry to support her new country house. In that act of this opera, a father sings how his son's romantic affairs have caused the scandal that ended his daughter's engagement in "Pura siccome un angelo". That father in this opera is Germont. The main male lead is introduced to the protagonist at a lavish Parisian party where he takes part in a Brindisi called "Libiamo ne' lieti calici". Alfredo loves Violetta, who is dying of tuberculosis in, for 10 points, what opera by Giuseppe Verdi?
Carlos Kleiber's only studio recording of a non-German-language opera was his production of this work with Ilena Cortubas.
La Traviata