Raise your glass, bat your lashes, it’s Paris in the salons and you’re the life of this party. He’s staring at you, he’s singing for you...Are you tempted?
Violetta wears velvet and lace and drinks only the finest champagne from crystal glasses. Her parties are legendary, her company desired. She’s free and freespirited, living outside society’s bounds, and for the courtesan, it seems like the party will never end. Could a little love really change everything?
La Traviata is so popular because it puts a life we can only dream of on stage, with its risqué glamour, joys and sorrows.
Verdi’s music sings of freedom with flying melodies, makes merry with rousing drinking songs and leaves us with passionate duets between breaking hearts.
This production by Elijah Moshinsky is one of our most successful, featuring lush party scenes in Paris and beautiful autumn afternoons in the countryside.
Lavish sets and exquisite costumes combined with Verdi’s famous score offer the perfect way to experience opera for the first time, or the chance to revisit a favourite with an exciting new cast.
Home-grown talent Stacey Alleaume is rapidly gaining international recognition. Here, she reprises her role as Violetta after a stunning season in Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour.
Conductor: Renato Palumbo (Jul), Tahu Matheson (Oct–Nov)
Director: Elijah Moshinsky
Revival Director: N.N
Set Designwer: Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer: Peter Hall
Lighting Designer: Nigel Levings
Choreographer: Matthew Barclay
Cast:
VIOLETTA VALÉRY: Stacey Alleaume (Jul), Irina Lungu (Oct–Nov)
ALFREDO GERMONT: Saimir Pirgu (Jul), Ji-Min Park (Oct–Nov)
GIORGIO GERMONT: Mario Cassi (Jul), José Carbó (Oct-Nov)
FLORA BERVOIX: Agnes Sarkis (Jul), Celeste Haworth (Oct–Nov)
GASTONE: Iain Henderson
BARON DOUPHOL: Alexander Sefton
MARQUIS D'OBIGNY: David Parkin (Jul), Andrew Moran (Oct–Nov)
DOCTOR GRENVIL: Richard Anderson
ANNINA: Danita Weatherstone
GIUSEPPE: Jin Tea Kim
MESSENGER: Jonathan McCauley
SERVANT: Malcolm Ede
Opera Australia Chorus
Opera Australia Orchestra
2hrs 40min (inc interval)
October 22nd, 2022
November 4th, 2022
Opera
Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland Theatre
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