Dmitri Hvorostovsky & Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. Scene from la Traviata. 1992

#dmitrihvorostovsky #DameKiriTeKanawa Verdi’s La Traviata premiered on 6 March 1853, t.e. 170 years ago in Italy, Gran Teatro La Fenice. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa was born on 6 March 1944, in New Zealand. She had a full lyric soprano voice, described as “mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced“. This is a studio recording, November 1992, with Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra under the direction of Zubin Mehta.