This superb 2006 production of the Los Angeles Opera's La Traviata stars Renée Fleming, who joins the ranks of the elite handful of sopranos whose vocal and acting talents make their portrayals memorable. Her Violetta Valéry is a vulnerable figure torn between self-indulgence and love, sacrificing personal happiness to become a victim of the social mores of mid-19th-century bourgeois France. Fleming's acting captures the complexity of the character and her vocalism is flawless. She negotiates the wild coloratura of Act One with aplomb, and is stunning in the lyric passages that pervade the opera, and touching in her scenes with her lover, Alfredo, and his father. Her singing is free of the mannerisms that have sometimes crept into her work and at the same time she brings countless personal touches to the role, phrasing and verbal emphases that shed fresh light on the character.
Puccini Manon Lescaut
Music
10.0
Star
Drama, Romance
7.3
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
Action, Comedy, Horror, Western
5.7
Return
6.6
The Smurfs
Animation, Family, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
5.8
Doctor Who: Deep Breath
TV Movie, Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama
7.8
Return
Horror
6.6
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
Animation, Family, Comedy
6.8
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
Family, Animation, Romance, Fantasy
6.1
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
Animation, Family, Adventure, Fantasy
6.8
Return
6.6
Return
Horror
6.4
Our Futures
Comedy
6.3
Return
Documentary
6.5
Center Stage: Turn It Up
Drama, Music, Romance
6.9
Panda
Drama
7.0
Assault on Wall Street
Drama, Thriller, Action
5.9
Our Lips Are Sealed
Comedy, Family, Crime
6.0
Geri's Game
Animation, Family, Comedy
7.6
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis
Action, Horror, TV Movie
5.2
Bartoli in Italy
Music
0.0
Mozart: Così Fan Tutte (Zurich Opera House)
Music
0.0
Amadeus
History, Music, Drama
8.0
La Bohème - The Movie
Romance, Drama, Music
0.0
Don Giovanni
Music, Drama
7.0
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Music
0.0
Madama Butterfly - Teatro alla Scala
Drama, Music, Romance
8.0
Der Freischütz
Music
0.0
Moonstruck
Comedy, Drama, Romance
6.9
Adolphe Appia Visionary of Invisible
Music, Documentary
0.0
Così fan tutte - Salzburger Festspiele 2020
Music
0.0
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida
Music
0.0
Puccini: Turandot
Music
5.5
Carmen - Royal Opera House
Music
0.0
Mozart: The Magic Flute
Music
7.0
Birth
Drama, Mystery
6.0
Abesalom and Eteri
Music, Drama, Romance
5.5
Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II
Music
0.0
The West is a Land of Infinite Beginnings
Music
0.0
Verdi La Traviata
Music
0.0