Violetta — La Traviata

2019 performance

Glimmerglass Festival  |  Cooperstown, NY

Conductor:  Joseph Colaneri
Director: Francesca Zambello

Reviews:

“In the title role, soprano Amanda Woodbury convincingly sang long lines with beautiful pianissimos…Woodbury’s “Addio del passato” was poignant and so was her contribution to her duets with the two Germonts.”
— Edward Sava-Segal, Bachtrack

“Woodbury’s voice, if anything, grew and bloomed during the opera, making the absolute most of the powerful arias such as “Sempra Libera,” Violetta’s fierce testament, as well as her duets with the Alfredo, Kang Wang.”
— Matt Costello, OperaWire

“In soprano Amanda Woodbury, Colaneri and Zambello have found just the right interpreter of Violetta Valéry for their combined vision. Woodbury is dazzling and plays the part always on the edge – one moment a feverish, voluptuous hedonist determined to seize every last drop from life to the end and the next a wraith collapsing from the strain of even sipping a thimble-full of precious air into those diseased lungs. How she does this so convincingly while at the same time supporting and spinning out the most pianissimo lines is the soprano’s own death-defying feat. And Woodbury does it – over and over. As she sings, she draws us ever closer to hear those precious vowel sounds – yearning with her to push back time and catch just one more gossamer line.”
— Susan Galbraith, DCTheatreScene