La Traviata Virginia Zeani Violetta supreme, in a rare Romanian live movie 1965

Virginia Zeani filmed singing "Sempre libera" and a brief excerpt from Act III in a live performance of La Traviata in Bucharest in 1965. By then she had been singing Violetta for eighteen years and was now performing heavier roles such as AIda and Madama Butterfly.

We live in the hope that more of this performance will emerge, especially the great lyric-dramatic passages which were always so impressive.in the theatre

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NB The recordings of Mme Virginia Zeani are mostly from radio broadcasts or private or in-house tapes. They were saved by her fans and later, without her permission, sometimes transferred to CDs by companies who pay her no royalties. They are now posted on YouTube so that new opera lovers can freely experience and enjoy her remarkable performances.