Callas in Visconti's La traviata
1955 · Work
Luchino Visconti's staging at La Scala, with Callas as Violetta, is often called the greatest opera production of the century.
On these timelines: Classical Music, Arts and Thoughts, Master, Italy (post-476 CE)
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