Besotted from first glance, the untameable Alfredo Germont (Alexander Gebhard) says of his love for Violetta Valéry (Seljan Nasibli) that it is “both cross and delight of the heart”—a telling turn of phrase, given the lustful ecstasy of Act I and the subsequent tragedy of the opera’s conclusion. Under the baton of Hannah Schneider and […]
