La traviata
From: Wednesday, 21st October 2009
To: Friday, 23 October 2009
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Synopsis
Amongst the most popular of Verdi's operas, La traviata is the work of a master of the musical drama. Its perfumed arias and soaring choruses vividly depict the ravishingly decadent but glamorous world of Parisian high society as the background to a heart rending story of romantic happiness destroyed. Original book called La Dame aux Camelias.
Our Review:
22 October 2009
A year after its premiere in Glasgow’s Theatre Royal, acclaimed director David McVicar’s La traviata, has made its way to the North West as part of UK tour. With an entirely new cast, McVicar is making his Welsh National Opera debut which is presenting Giuseppe Verdi’s classic in a co-production with Scottish Opera and Gran Teatre del Liceu.
As a Glaswegian, I was sceptical of the results, but my apprehension was quickly thwarted as McVicar’s enthralling display came to life.
La traviata, for those unaware, is a tragic opera in three acts written by composer Verdi, and set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, from a novel by Alexandre Dumas. And although originally set in the 1700s due to censorship laws, Verdi’s opera has now been updated to a more contemporary setting (in the 1900s), like Verdi had originally intended.
The title’s figurative translation is ‘The Fallen Woman’, and is indicative ...
Cast
Katia Pellegrino (Violetta Valery)
Alfie Boe (Alfredo Germont
Eddie Wade (Giorgio Germont)
David Soar (Doctor Grenvil)
Louise Poole (Flora Bervoix)
Creative
Verdi (Music)
Francesco Maria Piave (Lyrics)
Dumas (Book)
Welsh National Opera (Company)
Scottish Opera (Company)
Gran Teatre del Liceu (Company)
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