Movie Details
Original Language:Italian
Production Companies:Royal Opera House
The ROH Live La Traviata
"Live from the Royal Opera House"Movie
Audience Score
DirectorRoss MacGibbon
WriterFrancesco Maria Piave
2 hr 25 minMusic
Plot
Alfredo Germont and the courtesan Violetta Valéry fall in love at a party in Violettas Paris salon Alfredo is determined to cure Violetta of her tuberculosis and the couple leave Paris and begin a contented life in the country But Violettas happiness is destroyed when Alfredos father Giorgio Germont pays her a visit Richard Eyres stunning naturalistic production contrasts the superficial glamour of 19thcentury Parisian high life with intimate scenes for Violetta with Alfredo and Giorgio Germont culminating in the heartbreaking final act
