La Traviata – review

Royal Opera House, London"The Royal Opera needs a Traviata that can withstand regular revival", reported this paper, presciently, on the premiere of Richard Eyre's production. That was 17 years ago. Eyre's and Bob Crowley's sumptuous cash cow has rarely left the milking shed since. The gigantic blank mirror – which warns the dying heroine that she casts no shadow in the world – has towered over Violettas from Angela Gheorghiu and Renée Fleming to Ermonela Jaho and Anna Netrebko; all differe...

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