Virginia Zeani - Teneste la promessa... Addio del passato (Metropolitan Opera - 1966)

Virginia Zeani sings, under the baton of Georges Prêtres and with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Violetta's letter scene followed by ''Addio del passato''. Though she would only go on to sing 2 performances of her signature role at the Met and would only return for one outdoor performance of ''I Vespri Siciliani'' and a few performance of Rossini's ''Otello'' with the Rome Opera on tour, this performance remains in the memory of those who witnessed it as one of the most exciting nights of that last season in the old Metropolitan Opera house. Enjoy!