La traviata

I fell in love with Anna Moffo's voice in her recording of La Rondine which I subsequently gave to a friend. Just discovered this video on Amazon Prime. This is my second viewing in the past three weeks. Besides her voice she was a spectacularly beautiful woman, sometimes almost ethereally so depending on the lighting. The duet with Germont in which she lies back on the chaise is sufficient proof of her stunning (a word I rarely use) beauty. A friend is wondering what to watch as a 'first' opera. Am going to suggest this one (I think La Traviata was my third. My first was Mirella Freni as Marguerite in Faust at Covent Garden.). One can only wonder what she could have done had she not worn her voice out at a relatively young age. But, this is a wonderful video because of Moffo's glorious singing, acting, and beauty.