La Traviata - Opéra National de Paris (2015-2016) - La Traviata - Opéra National de Paris (2015-2016)

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Verdi was looking for “una donna di prima forza” to bring his Traviata to life. Augusta Albertini, for example, had she been available. Or Rosina Penco, whose beauty, expressiveness and stage presence predestined her for the title role. However, detained in Rome, she too was unable to accept the offer. Who else then? In his villa in Sant'Agata, the composer no longer concealed his doubts as to the success of his new opera – a fear compounded by the fact that the Teatro La Fenice in Venice had little better to offer him than Fanny Salvini-Donatelli. Although no longer “in the flower of her youth” and even less “an ideal beauty,” the singer kindled enthusiasm thanks to her one redeeming feature: her voice. However, that would not suffice to avoid the fiasco Verdi foresaw. Violetta requires not one voice, but a miraculous combination of three: firstly, a soprano coloratura, virtuoso and brilliant; in addition, a voice sufficiently vibrant and lyrical to convey the burden of the sacrifice imposed by her lover's father, and lastly, one possessing a sense of the heart-rending drama amid the dying flames of the consumptive heroine’s last instants. The tragic actress turned tightrope walker sways unsteadily on a flimsy cord stretched to snapping point. Having sung Lucia di Lammermoor at the Bastille, Sonya Yoncheva has already demonstrated all these qualities. Now, for the first time in Paris, she is portraying Verdi’s fallen woman.

More information is available on the opera house's official website.

Schedule

May 20, 2016 19:30:00

May 23, 2016 19:30:00

May 26, 2016 20:30:00

May 29, 2016 14:30:00

June 01, 2016 19:30:00

June 04, 2016 19:30:00

June 07, 2016 19:30:00

June 11, 2016 19:30:00

June 14, 2016 19:30:00

June 17, 2016 19:30:00

June 20, 2016 19:30:00

June 26, 2016 14:30:00

June 29, 2016 19:30:00

Casting

Benoit Jacquot

Benoit Jacquot

Michele Mariotti

Sonya Yoncheva

Maria Agresta

Bryan Hymel

Abdellah Lasri

Antoinette Dennefeld

Fabio Previati

Željko Lučić

Simone Piazzola

Plácido Domingo

Cornelia Oncioiu

Julien Dran

Boris Grappe

Luc Bertin-Hugault

Vincent Morell

Andrea Nelli

Marc Chapron

Work's characters list

Director

Conductor

Conductor

Violetta Valéry

Violetta Valéry

Alfredo Germont

Alfredo Germont

Flora Bervoix

Baron Douphol

Giorgio Germont

Giorgio Germont

Giorgio Germont

Annina

Gaston

Marquis d'Obigny

Dr. Grenvil

Giuseppe, serviteur de Violetta

Commissionario

Domestico

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