PERFORMANCE DETAILS
Cologne Opera House, 12 March 1974
Violetta - May Sandoz
Flora - Elisabeth Payer
Annina - Marita Knobel
Alfredo - Ramón Remedios
Germont - Camillo Meghor
Gastone - Martin Finke
Barone Douphol - Takao Okamura
Marchese d'Obigny - Francisco Vergara
Dottore Grenvil - Klaus Bruch
Giuseppe - Curt Thomas
Servo di Flora - Alejandro Vazquez
Commisionario - Klaus Beermann
Chorus of the Cologne Opera (Chorus Master: Hans-Wolfgang Schmitz)
Siegerland-Orchester (replacing the "Gürzenich-Orchester" sometimes in those days)
Conductor - Eberhard Adler

Act 2 scene 1: 0.29.16 Act 2 Scene 2: 1.03.43 Act 3: 1.24.42

Ramon Remedios is one of many native British singers with international careers centred mainly in Europe who were taken for granted at the time and are too little remembered today. To remedy this I hope to feature Ramon in as wide a repertoire as possible including live opera performances, perhaps the utimate test of any singer in the demands it places on vocal and physical stamina and acting ability. Hence this complete performance of La Traviata from Cologne in 1974 in which Ramon sings Alfredo, a tole he also sang with ENO and WNO. Unfortunately, the the audience is possibly the noisiest and most inconsiderate that I have ever encountered. I have tried to limit their contribution as much as possible but it’s not ideal. In fact, for most of the opera Violetta seems to be the healthiest person in the building! Nonetheless, I hope you will enjoy this rarity.