Documentary

Traviata and Us

A film by Philippe Béziat

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Cast

Louis Langrée — Music director

Jean-François Sivadier — Stage director

Alexandre de Dardel — Scenography

Virginie Gervaise — Costumes

Philippe Barthomé — Lighting

Nathalie Dessay — Violetta Valéry

Ludovic Tézier — Giorgio Germont

Charles Castronovo — Alfredo Germont

Adelina Scarabelli — Annina

Silvia de la Muela — Flora Bervoix

Manuel Nuñez Camelino — Gastone de Letorière

Kostas Smoriginas — Barone Douphol

Andrea Mastroni — Marchese D’Obigny

Maurizio Lo Piccolo

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

London Symphony Orchestra

Program notes

In spring 2011, Jean-François Sivadier put on La Traviata in Aix-en-Provence, under the direction of Louis Langrée and with Natalie Dessay taking on the role of Violetta.

For two months, in the rehearsal rooms backstage at the Théâtre de l’Archevêché, a team followed the work and lives of the artists very closely. We had been given a really rare opportunity: they welcomed us into the rehearsal studio from the second day and tolerated our presence during all the rehearsals, says the director.

Becoming Traviata is not Philippe Béziat’s first film on music. We could also mention Les noces, in which he follows the rehearsals of an actress and a conductor on Lake Geneva in Switzerland, or Pelléas et Mélisande, Le chant des aveugles filmed in 2009.

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