Opera Cheat Sheet | Houston Public Media

Catherine Malfitano in the rôle of Violetta, Opéra National du Rhin, Strasbourg, March 1980. ©Claude Truong-Ngoc / Wikimedia Commons. This week, Houston Public Media’s “opera guys,” St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly, discuss Giuseppe Verdi's magnificent La Traviata, the story of the ill-fated love between the dying courtesan Violetta and the young and besotted Alfredo. Tune in to Houston Public Media Classical 91.7 Saturday at noon for the Metropolitan Opera broadcast of La Traviata featuring Marina... Read More