La traviata will also be performed on September 14 and 17. The cast includes soprano Ren_e Fleming and tenor Rolando Villaz‹n as Violetta Val_ry and Alfredo. James Conlon conducts Marta Domingo's new production in his debut as music director. Lighting design is by Trevor Stirlin Burk and choreography by Kitty McNamee.

Bruson, a bel canto and Verdi specialist, made his operatic debut in 1961 with Il trovatore in Spoleto. He first appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in 1969; debuts followed at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Covent Garden, and the Vienna State Opera. He has an association with Riccardo Muti dating to 1970.