Anna Netrebko, Helene Schneiderman, Diane Pilcher, Rolando Villazón, Thomas Hampson, Salvatore Cordella, Paul Gay, Herman Wallén, Luigi Roni, Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Dritan Luca, Wolfram Igor Derntl & Friedrich Springer
Wiener Philharmoniker & Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Carlo Rizzi (conductor)
Verdi: La Traviata
Here is THE opera event of 2005, the Salzburg Festival's 'La Traviata' with Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon, and Thomas Hampson in a dramatic staging by Willy Decker - this is the thrilling production that prompted riotous ovations not seen since Karajan's heyday.