A winning team for Virginia Opera's 'La Traviata' at George Mason

The Virginia Opera has a fine "La Traviata" on its hands. Verdi's sad but sumptuous opera opened Saturday for two performances at George Mason University's Center for the Arts. And while soprano Cecilia Violetta Lopez's Violetta may have carried the show brilliantly, she had a lot of help -- in a cast of fresh-sounding young voices, an excellent orchestra (members of the Richmond Symphony) led by Andrew Bisantz with a compelling mix of momentum and flexibility, and in sets that gave an impressio...