Following her performances in recent seasons in Verdi’s La traviata on the world’s major opera stages – the Metropolitan, New York, La Scala, Milan, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Bavarian State Opera, Zurich Opera and Paris Opera – Diana Damrau has become the primary interpreter of Violetta, arguably opera’s most iconic character. This DVD release is from the Paris Opera production of June 2014, when the German soprano appeared in a new production – inspired by the paintings of Manet – by the film director Benoît Jacquot. This critically acclaimed production was conducted by Francesco Ivan Ciampa, with a cast including Francesco Demuro and Ludovic Tézier.