Here is the opera event of 2005, the Salzburg Festival's "La Traviata" featuring Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon, and Thomas Hampson in a dramatic staging by Willy Decker - the thrilling production that prompted riotous ovations not seen since Karajan's heyday. Now on DVD. "Interpreten" Violetta Valery - Anna Netrebko Flora Bervoix - Helene Schneiderman Annina - Diane Pilcher Alfredo Germont - Rolando Villazon Giorgio Germont - Thomas Hampson Gastone, Visconte de Letorières - Salvatore Cordella Barone Douphol - Paul Gay Marchese d'Obigny - Herman Wallén Dottore Grenvil - Luigi Roni Giuseppe - Dritan Luca Domestico di Flora - Wolfram Igor Derntl Commissionario - Friedrich Springer Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Mozarteum Orchester Wiener Philharmoniker Leitung: Carlo Rizzi "Bühnen-Regie" Willy Decker
