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Violetta's honest devotion to and many sacrifices for her lover, Alfredo Germont (played by Rafael Rojas), teach the haughty aristocrats (namely Alfredo's father, Giorgio Germont, played by Vasquez) of mid-century Paris how endearing and tender this supposed easy woman can be. The whore with a heart of gold? It's been done, you say. But not to the music of Giuseppe Verdi: the passion and the thrill of his music will make every Mira Sorvino '89/Elisabeth Shue '88/Kim Basinger poseur-hooker seem like a mean-hearted trollop in relation to the radiant and self-sacrificing Violetta...
...true "hidden treasure," so to speak, of the evening--and a powerful singer who had no trouble at all acting--was baritone Vasquez, singing the difficult role of Girogio Germont (a man of high character who realizes he is not as morally superior as he thinks). Debonaire and upright, Vasquez had just the right amount of vocal and dramatic tenderness to keep the role of the pushy father from being a flat-out S.O.B. This is to be attributed no doubt to Vasquez's robust, no-nonsense singing style, which was intense and virtuosic without coming across as being overtly...
...fleeing her hedonistic world with the one true love of her life, the young and adoring Alfredo Germont, she hopes to escape her "lurid' past and begin anew...
Michael Morizio as Alfredo's father Georges Germont contributes his warm, paternal baritone voice to complete the trio of main characters. These are supported strongly by Joel Derfner as the man-about-town Gaston, Emily Baehr as Violetta's friend and rival hostess Flora, and Benjamin Siris as Violetta's jilted "client" the Baron Douphol...
...Alfredo, Tenor Stuart Burrows sang with taste and grace, but he lacks the sharp vocal and theatrical edge required by the role. Sills started off with a surprisingly wide vibrato that spoiled some of her high notes. But the problem cleared up, and the confrontation with Germont-splendidly sung by Baritone William Walker-was in ev ery way convincing. Looking slim and sexy, Sills throughout the evening exhibited an appealing range of emotions and musicality. From the glossy extravagances of the opening party scene to the despair of her pact with Germont, Sills once again asserted her claim...