La Traviata, with Pérez, Costello, Keenlyside, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, May 2014
Posted on 7 May 2014Nothing could take away from the stunning performance of Ailyn Pérez as Violetta — not the Royal Opera House gremlins that turned the house lights on and off again during her final aria in Act II, nor the management that failed to provide flowers for the curtain calls. This was magic, the first of four …