La Traviata - Royal Opera House Covent Garden (2015) - La Traviata - Royal Opera House Covent Garden (2015)

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‘A toast to the pleasures of life!’ – so sing Violetta, her new admirer Alfredo and her party guests in the opening scene of Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata. But beneath the surface glamour of Violetta’s Parisian life run darker undercurrents: her doomed love for Alfredo and the tensions the lovers encounter when they break society’s conventions. La traviata, based on Alexander Dumas fils’s play La Dame aux camélias, is one of Verdi’s most popular operas, combining drama, profound emotion and wonderful melodies.

Richard Eyre’s classic production conveys the indulgent social whirl of 19th-century Paris. It provides a vivid setting for Verdi’s tuneful score, which includes such favourites as Violetta’s introspective ‘Ah fors’è lui’ and ecstatic ‘Sempre libera’; the duet ‘Pura siccome un angelo’ as Giorgio Germont begs Violetta to leave Alfredo; and ‘Parigi, o cara’, in which the lovers poignantly imagine a life that will never be theirs. The role of Violetta (the ‘fallen woman’ of the title) is one of Verdi’s most complex and enduring characters.

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Schedule

May 18, 2015 19:00:00

May 22, 2015 19:00:00

May 25, 2015 19:00:00

May 28, 2015 19:00:00

June 03, 2015 19:00:00

June 06, 2015 19:00:00

June 08, 2015 19:00:00

June 11, 2015 19:00:00

June 13, 2015 19:00:00

June 15, 2015 19:00:00

June 17, 2015 19:00:00

June 19, 2015 19:00:00

June 24, 2015 19:00:00

June 27, 2015 19:00:00

June 30, 2015 19:00:00

July 04, 2015 19:00:00

Casting

Richard Eyre

Alexander Joel

Sonya Yoncheva

Marina Rebeka

Ismael Jordi

Dmytro Popov

Nadezhda Karyazina

Rachel Kelly

Plácido Domingo

Franco Vassallo

George Petean

Work's characters list

Director

Conductor

Violetta Valéry

Violetta Valéry

Alfredo Germont

Alfredo Germont

Flora Bervoix

Flora Bervoix

Giorgio Germont

Giorgio Germont

Giorgio Germont

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