We are truly honoured to announce our support and patronage of La Traviata, one of the most celebrated masterpieces of the Italian operatic repertoire, composed by Giuseppe Verdi.
La Traviata, quite literally The Fallen Woman, recounts the story of a Parisian courtesan, who actually falls in love with a courtier, and then ends up dying of tuberculosis. In coming up with this masterpiece, Verdi has been quoted as saying he wanted something “of our own age”, and so it remains to this day. Despite this, he was still coerced into having it set a 100 years earlier, in the time of Richelieu. That’s how La Traviata came to be, with all those flamboyant choruses, parties and hearth-wrenching and soul-baring arias.
The production will be conducted by Colin Attard, whose name has been inseparable from the development of opera at the Aurora and whose musical direction has helped define the theatre’s operatic tradition. Riccardo Buscarini returns at the helm of the visual team as Stage Director. The visual world of the production is created by Giammaria Farina (set design) and Mara Pieri (costume design).
The result is intended to be much more than a celebratory performance. For the Aurora, La Traviata is both a tribute to its extraordinary history and a statement of its continuing artistic ambition.
APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIMES
Act 1 – 35 minutes
Act 2 Sc 1 – 35 minutes
Interval – 40 minutes
Act 2 Sc 2 – 30 minutes
Acts 3 – 30 minutes
LANGUAGE
Sung in Italian with English surtitles