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Natalie Dessay makes her Met role debut as the tragic courtesan Violetta in Willy Decker’s innovative modern-dress staging of La Traviata, which “delivers style, sparkle, and stirring drama…it demands to be seen” (Los Angeles Times). Matthew Polenzani, who starred in the new production premiere this season, will reprise his Alfredo, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky will sing the role of his disapproving father, Giorgio Germont. Met Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi leads his first Met performances of the opera. This transmission is the Live in HD premiere of this classic Giuseppe Verdi opera. Decker’s production features the work of set and costume designer Wolfgang Gussmann, lighting designer Hans Toelstede, and choreographer Athol Farmer. Original production of the Salzburger Festspiele; with thanks to De Nederlandse Opera.