Verdi"s best-loved work, is performed here by a star cast in a revival of Richard Eyre"s highly acclaimed 1994 production. Music Director Antonio Pappano conducts La Traviata for the first time at Covent Garden. American soprano Renée Fleming returns to Covent Garden to sing Violetta for the first time with The Royal Opera. La Traviata was first performed at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice in March 1853.