title: Becoming Traviata
La Traviata (1983 film)
Josephine Lucchese
Anna de La Grange
Maria Spezia-Aldighieri
Bertha May Crawford
Natalie Dessay
Renée Fleming
La traviata discography
Mirjana Bohanec
sentences: Becoming Traviata is a 2012 French documentary film chronicling rehearsals of the Verdi opera "La traviata" at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.
 Directed by Philippe Béziat, the film focuses largely on stage director working with coloratura soprano Natalie Dessay.
 The film's French title is Traviata et nous ("Traviata and Us").
La Traviata is a 1983 Italian film written, designed, and directed by Franco Zeffirelli.
 It is based on the opera "La traviata" with music by Giuseppe Verdi and libretto by Francesco Maria Piave.
 Soprano Teresa Stratas, tenor Plácido Domingo, and baritone Cornell MacNeil starred in the movie, in addition to singing their roles.
 The film premiered in Italy in 1982 and went into general release there the following year.
 It opened in theatres in the U.S. on April 22, 1983.
 The movie's soundtrack with James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra won a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.
Josephine Lucchese (July 24, 1893 – September 10, 1974) was an American operatic soprano who had an active international singing career during the 1920s and 1930s.
 A skilled coloratura soprano, she was particularly admired for her portrayals of Rosina in "The Barber of Seville", Violetta in "La traviata", and the title role in "Lucia di Lammermoor".
 She began her opera career in 1920 with the San Carlo Opera Company; a touring opera company in the United States.
 She was a resident artist with the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company from 1929-1932, and was a principal artist with the Dutch National Opera during the 1930s.
 She also appeared as a guest artist with American and European opera houses during her career.
Anna de La Grange de Stankowitch (1825–1905) was a French coloratura soprano.
 She was one of the most noted opera singers of the nineteenth century, a protegée of Rossini and Meyerbeer, and played Violetta in the American premiere of Verdi's "La Traviata" in New York in 1856.
 She was also a composer in her own right.
Maria Spezia-Aldighieri (1828–1907) was an Italian operatic soprano who had an active international career from 1849 up into the 1870s.
 She excelled in the coloratura soprano repertoire and was particularly admired for her portrayals in the operas of Giuseppe Verdi.
 Her performance of Violetta in Verdi's "La traviata" at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice in 1854 is credited with popularizing the opera after it had initially flopped at its premiere in 1853.
 She was married to baritone Gottardo Aldighieri and is the great grandmother of singer George Aaron.
Bertha May Crawford (June 20, 1886 - May 26, 1937) was a Canadian opera singer.
 She built an international reputation as a lyric coloratura soprano in the early 20th century in eastern Europe, performing prima donna roles with opera companies in Russia and Poland between 1914 and 1934.
 At her death in 1937, music critics considered her the most distinguished soprano produced in that century in Canada.
 She is remembered as having "a high lyric soprano of great beauty and agility" and was most famous for her performances as Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Violetta in La traviata, and Gilda in Rigoletto.
Natalie Dessay (] ; born Nathalie Dessaix, 19 April 1965, in Lyon) is a French opera singer who had a highly acclaimed career as a coloratura soprano before leaving the opera stage on 15 October 2013.
 She dropped the silent "h" in her first name in honor of Natalie Wood when she was in grade school and subsequently simplified the spelling of her surname.
Renée Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is an American opera singer and soprano whose repertoire encompasses Richard Strauss, Mozart, Handel, bel canto, lieder, French opera and chansons, jazz and indie rock.
 Fleming has a full lyric soprano voice.
 She has performed coloratura, lyric, and lighter spinto soprano operatic roles in Italian, German, French, Czech, and Russian, aside from her native English.
 She also speaks fluent German and French, along with limited Italian.
 Her signature roles include Countess Almaviva in Mozart's "Le nozze di Figaro", Desdemona in Verdi's "Otello", Violetta in Verdi's "La traviata", the title role in Dvořák's "Rusalka", the title role in Massenet's "Manon", the title role in Massenet's "Thaïs", the title role in Richard Strauss's "Arabella", the Marschallin in "Der Rosenkavalier", and the Countess in "Capriccio".
The following is a partial discography of the many audio and video recordings of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, La traviata.
 Based on the novel "La dame aux Camélias" by Alexandre Dumas, fils, "La traviata" has been a staple of the operatic repertoire since its premiere on 6 March 1853 at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.
Mirjana Bohanec-Vidović (born October 2, 1939) is a Croatian operatic soprano.
 She studied singing at the Academy of Music, University of Zagreb and with Emmy Loose in Vienna.
 She made her professional opera debut in 1966 at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, remaining there as a resident artist for two years.
 From 1968-1969 she was committed to the Vienna Volksoper.
 She returned to the Croatian National Opera in 1970 where she remained for the rest of her career.
 Her repertoire mainly consisted of soubrette and lyric coloratura soprano roles, including Adina in Gaetano Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore", Nedda in Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci", Norina in Donizetti's "Don Pasquale", Oscar in Giuseppe Verdi's "Un ballo in maschera", Susanna in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro", Violetta in Verdi's "La Traviata", and Zerlina in Mozart's "Don Giovanni".
 She is married to Dr. Ivo Vidović, director of home health in Runjanin street in Zagreb.

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 Becoming Traviata is a 2012 French documentary film chronicling rehearsals of the Verdi opera "La traviata" at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.
 Directed by Philippe Béziat, the film focuses largely on stage director working with coloratura soprano Natalie Dessay.
 The film's French title is Traviata et nous ("Traviata and Us"). 

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 La Traviata is a 1983 Italian film written, designed, and directed by Franco Zeffirelli.
 It is based on the opera "La traviata" with music by Giuseppe Verdi and libretto by Francesco Maria Piave.
 Soprano Teresa Stratas, tenor Plácido Domingo, and baritone Cornell MacNeil starred in the movie, in addition to singing their roles.
 The film premiered in Italy in 1982 and went into general release there the following year.
 It opened in theatres in the U.S. on April 22, 1983.
 The movie's soundtrack with James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra won a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. 

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 Josephine Lucchese (July 24, 1893 – September 10, 1974) was an American operatic soprano who had an active international singing career during the 1920s and 1930s.
 A skilled coloratura soprano, she was particularly admired for her portrayals of Rosina in "The Barber of Seville", Violetta in "La traviata", and the title role in "Lucia di Lammermoor".
 She began her opera career in 1920 with the San Carlo Opera Company; a touring opera company in the United States.
 She was a resident artist with the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company from 1929-1932, and was a principal artist with the Dutch National Opera during the 1930s.
 She also appeared as a guest artist with American and European opera houses during her career. 

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 Anna de La Grange de Stankowitch (1825–1905) was a French coloratura soprano.
 She was one of the most noted opera singers of the nineteenth century, a protegée of Rossini and Meyerbeer, and played Violetta in the American premiere of Verdi's "La Traviata" in New York in 1856.
 She was also a composer in her own right. 

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 Maria Spezia-Aldighieri (1828–1907) was an Italian operatic soprano who had an active international career from 1849 up into the 1870s.
 She excelled in the coloratura soprano repertoire and was particularly admired for her portrayals in the operas of Giuseppe Verdi.
 Her performance of Violetta in Verdi's "La traviata" at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice in 1854 is credited with popularizing the opera after it had initially flopped at its premiere in 1853.
 She was married to baritone Gottardo Aldighieri and is the great grandmother of singer George Aaron. 

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 Natalie Dessay (] ; born Nathalie Dessaix, 19 April 1965, in Lyon) is a French opera singer who had a highly acclaimed career as a coloratura soprano before leaving the opera stage on 15 October 2013.
 She dropped the silent "h" in her first name in honor of Natalie Wood when she was in grade school and subsequently simplified the spelling of her surname. 

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 The following is a partial discography of the many audio and video recordings of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, La traviata.
 Based on the novel "La dame aux Camélias" by Alexandre Dumas, fils, "La traviata" has been a staple of the operatic repertoire since its premiere on 6 March 1853 at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. 

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 Mirjana Bohanec-Vidović (born October 2, 1939) is a Croatian operatic soprano.
 She studied singing at the Academy of Music, University of Zagreb and with Emmy Loose in Vienna.
 She made her professional opera debut in 1966 at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, remaining there as a resident artist for two years.
 From 1968-1969 she was committed to the Vienna Volksoper.
 She returned to the Croatian National Opera in 1970 where she remained for the rest of her career.
 Her repertoire mainly consisted of soubrette and lyric coloratura soprano roles, including Adina in Gaetano Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore", Nedda in Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci", Norina in Donizetti's "Don Pasquale", Oscar in Giuseppe Verdi's "Un ballo in maschera", Susanna in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro", Violetta in Verdi's "La Traviata", and Zerlina in Mozart's "Don Giovanni".
 She is married to Dr. Ivo Vidović, director of home health in Runjanin street in Zagreb. 

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Answer: Nathalie Dessaix