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- 2013
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- Distrib Films
- 2 h
- 2013
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- Distrib Films
- 2 h
Summary Natalie Dessay prepares to take on the role of Violetta in this documentary about the staging of Verdi's masterwork at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in France.
Directed By: Philippe Béziat
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Distrib Films
- 2 h
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Distrib Films
- 2 h
Becoming Traviata
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Summary Natalie Dessay prepares to take on the role of Violetta in this documentary about the staging of Verdi's masterwork at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in France.
Directed By: Philippe Béziat
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
74
71% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Zeroing in on the art of rehearsal, Becoming Traviata is an exquisitely observed look at performance and the creative process.
A spare and ravishing doc.
Philippe Béziat’s documentary focuses on how Sivadier and his Violetta, the French soprano Natalie Dessay, fuse acting with the music. It’s an incredible view of artists at work.
Becoming Traviata might make you feel you’ve seen Verdi’s opera, or it might make you want to see it.
It works as a reminder of the important interactiveness of the performing arts, of actors evoking the drama, action, and emotion that computers and machines cannot.
May not be fully satisfying as a documentary. But it has what any good movie needs: a star — the ever-game soprano Natalie Dessay.
Those unfamiliar with Verdi’s tragedy won’t understand why this production was significant, nor see much of the fruits of such hard work; those onstage may become La Traviata’s tragic characters, but it’s tough not to feel that we, the audience, leave only half-transformed.
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Production Company
Les Films Pelléas,
Jouror Développement
Release Date May 15, 2013
Duration 2 h
Rating Not Rated
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