Robert Carsen directs this version of Guiseppe Verdi's La Traviata, based on the original stage version that premiered at the Teatro La Fenice in March of 1853 and performed live before an appreciative audience at the very same theater in November of 2004. Patrizia Ciofi, Roberto Sacca, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky headline the performance, and the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice perform under the guiding hand of conductor Lorin Maazel. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi