Houston Public Media’s arts & culture director St.John Flynn and opera expert Eric Skelly discuss Giuseppe Verdi's magnificent La Traviata, the story of the ill-fated love between the dying courtesan Violetta and the young and besotted Alfredo. [The musical excerpts used in this OCS are from the Deutsche Grammophon recording of La Traviata featuring James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus; Cheryl Studer, Violetta; Luciano Pavarotti, Alfredo; Juan Pons, Germont (DG435 797-2)] You... Read More