Description
Starring the radiant Emma Matthews as Violetta, the beautiful but vulnerable courtesan who is coerced into sacrificing her one hope of personal happiness for the sake of her lover’s reputation, this compelling production gets to the heart of the opera’s themes of love and death with pathos and power.
Starring the radiant Emma Matthews as Violetta, the beautiful but vulnerable courtesan who is coerced into sacrificing her one hope of personal happiness for the sake of her lover’s reputation, this compelling production gets to the heart of the opera’s themes of love and death with pathos and power.
La traviata tells the famous story of how the beautiful but vulnerable courtesan Violetta is coerced into sacrificing her one hope of personal happiness for the sake of her lover’s reputation. Set in Paris in the late-19th century it is one of the most subtle and passionate of tragic operas in the repertoire.
It presents fascinating characters and potent, moving and instantly recognisable melodies. For emotion alone it is justifiably one of the most popular operas of all time.
Director Elijah Moshinsky’s compelling production gets to the heart of the opera’s themes of love and death with pathos and power. The organic structure and melodic beauty of the score achieves aching tenderness and fragility when Alfredo embraces the dying Violetta, and she sings, ‘Gran Dio! Morir si giovine’ (‘O God, to die so young’).
Starring the radiant Emma Matthews as Violetta, rising tenor Martin Buckingham in his role debut as Alfredo and the outstanding baritone José Carbó as Giorgio Germont, La traviata affirms the intimacy and grandeur of vintage opera. Komische Oper’s music director Patrick Lange conducts.
"all the
elements...underlie and reinforce the work's essential inner strengths"
Peter McCallum, The Sydney Morning Herald
Performed in Italian with English surtitles.
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Artist Information
Conductor
Patrick Lange
Director Elijah Moshinsky
Rehearsed by
Roger Press
Set Designer Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer Peter J Hall
Lighting Designer Nigel Levings
Violetta Valéry Emma Matthews
Alfredo Germont Arnold Rutkowski
Martin Buckingham
Giorgio Germont José Carbó
Flora Bervoix Dominica Matthews
Gastone Stephen Smith
Baron Douphol Shane Lowrencev
Marquis d’Obigny Michael Honeyman
Dr Grenvil Richard Anderson
Annina Natalie Aroyan
Messenger Jonathan
McCauley
Servant Richard
Mitchell
Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
Opera Australia Chorus
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