La Traviata (Metropolitan Opera)
Having missed the first performance due to illness, all eyes and ears were on Natalie Dessay as she finally took to the stage in the Metropolitan Opera's latest revival of "La Traviata". After a series of vocal problems over the last decade it remained to be seen how she would cope with the challenge of Violetta. In the event, she can still produce a beautiful sound but it comes with problematic inconsistencies.Viole…