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- 90Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlA spare and ravishing doc.
- 90Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenLos Angeles TimesSheri LindenZeroing in on the art of rehearsal, Becoming Traviata is an exquisitely observed look at performance and the creative process.
- 88New York PostFarran Smith NehmeNew York PostFarran Smith NehmePhilippe Béziat’s documentary focuses on how Sivadier and his Violetta, the French soprano Natalie Dessay, fuse acting with the music. It’s an incredible view of artists at work.
- Becoming Traviata might make you feel you’ve seen Verdi’s opera, or it might make you want to see it.
- 63Slant MagazineSlant MagazineIt works as a reminder of the important interactiveness of the performing arts, of actors evoking the drama, action, and emotion that computers and machines cannot.
- 60Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearThose unfamiliar with Verdi’s tragedy won’t understand why this production was significant, nor see much of the fruits of such hard work; those onstage may become La Traviata’s tragic characters, but it’s tough not to feel that we, the audience, leave only half-transformed.
- 60The New York TimesRachel SaltzThe New York TimesRachel SaltzMay not be fully satisfying as a documentary. But it has what any good movie needs: a star — the ever-game soprano Natalie Dessay.