A great document. There was a time when the Met bussed in a theater full of kids to attend performances. As the performance starts the kids talk and whisper, but soon settle down. It isn't long before they're yelling and cheering the performance. At the end of act two they explode before Merrill has even finished his high note. In the final scene they lose it when Alfredo runs into Violetta's arms. Cheers of YAY! Wonderful.

Giuseppe Verdi

Metropolitan Opera April 19th, 1972

Violetta: Anna Moffo
Alfredo: Franco Bonisolli
Germont: Robert Merrill
Flora: Jean Kraft
Gastone: Charles Anthony
Baron Douphol: Robert Goodloe
Marquis D'Obigny: Gene Boucher
Dr. Grenvil: Edmond Karlsrud
Annina: Ann Florio
Giuseppe: Lou Marcella
Gardener: Peter Sliker

Conductor: Richard Bonynge

Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera

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