She sings adequately, but the stakes for which she is playing do not seem to be very high. The notes are sung, the orchestra is lilting, the sets are lovely, but the overall effect is more like a decent recording than a great opera performance.Īs Violetta Valéry, Aurelia Florian makes an inauspicious debut with the San Francisco Opera. For the current pedestrian production at SF Opera, the phrase “phoned it in” seems the most apt description. “La Traviata” boasts one of the loveliest scores in the entire Verdi repertoire with soaring melodies, thrilling orchestrations, charming choruses, and exquisite opportunities for bel canto singing.īut, even the loveliest music and most enticing story requires some commitment on the part of the artists to make it thrill. By Charles Kruger Artur Rucinski as Giorgio Germont, in Verdi’s “La Traviata.” Photo Credit: Cory Weaver/SF Opera.
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