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La Traviata

About the performance

The premiere of the opera La Traviata was on the 6th of March 1853 at Teatro La Fenice in Venice. It was the first time that Verdi referred not to the romantic events of the past but a contemporary and, for those days, scandalous plot. It took a long time for the censors to allow an extremely popular novel by Alexandre Dumas fils to be presented on stage. The premiere of La Dame aux Camélias took place only in 1852. According to Léon Escudier, a publisher and friend of Verdi: “Once Verdi attended a performance of La Dame aux Camélias, he was struck by the plot and felt a flutter in the strings of his lyra”.

Premiered on October 7, 2012.

Presented with one interval.

Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on the novel La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils

Music Director

Laurent Campellone

Stage Director

Francesca Zambello

Associated Director

Julia Pevzner

Set Designer

Peter John Davison

Costume Designer

Tanya McCallin

Lighting Designer

Mark McCullough

Chorus Master

Valery Borisov

Choreographer

Ekaterina Mironova

Venera Gimadieva as Violetta. Vadim Lynkovsky as Baron Douphol.

Photo by Damir Yusupov.

Nazhmiddin Mavlyanov as Alfredo.

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Dinara Alieva as Violetta.

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Olga Peretyatko as Violetta. Stephen Costello as Alfredo.

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Alexei Dolgov as Alfredo. Albina Shagimuratova as Violetta.

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Bekhzod Dabronov as Alfredo. Olga Pudova as Violetta.

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Rame Lahaj as Alfredo. Marat Gali as Gastone.

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Irina Lungu as Violetta.

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A scene from the performance.

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Irina Rubtsova as Annina. Albina Shagimuratova as Violetta.

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Dinara Alieva as Violetta.

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Plácido Domingo as Giorgio Germont.

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Aida Garifullina as Violetta.

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Igor Golovatenko as Giorgio Germont. Anna Nechaeva as Violetta.

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Aida Garifullina as Violetta. Elchin Azizov as Giorgio Germont.

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Elchin Azizov as Giorgio Germont. Olga Pudova as Violetta.

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Alexei Markov as Giorgio Germont.

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Dinara Alieva as Violetta Valéry. Vasily Ladyuk as Giorgio Germont.

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Alexei Dolgov as Alfredo Germont. Venera Gimadieva as Violetta Valéry.

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Venera Gimadieva as Violetta.

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Plácido Domingo as Giorgio Germont. Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Alfredo.

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A scene from the performance.

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Marat Gali as Gastone. Murat Karahan as Alfredo.

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Alexander Naumenko as Baron Douphol. Anna Nechaeva as Violetta.

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Irina Dolzhenko as Flora Bervoix. Olga Peretyatko as Violetta. Vyacheslav Pochapsky as Baron Douphol.

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Kristina Mkhitaryan as Violetta.

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Hibla Gerzmava as Violetta. Otar Jorjikia as Alfredo.

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Luciano Ganci as Alfredo. Dinara Alieva as Violetta.

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Ivan Magri as Alfredo. Zuzana Marková as Violetta.

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Liparit Avetisyan as Alfredo. Irina Lungu as Violetta.

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Hibla Gerzmava as Violetta.

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Dinara Alieva as Violetta.

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Cast

01 October

2023

Sunday, 14:00

30 September

2023

Saturday, 19:00

29 September

2023

Friday, 19:00

04 June

2023

Sunday, 14:00

03 June

2023

Saturday, 19:00

02 June

2023

Friday, 19:00

12 February

2023

Sunday, 14:00

11 February

2023

Saturday, 19:00

10 February

2023

Friday, 19:00

09 February

2023

Thursday, 19:00

08 February

2023

Wednesday, 19:00

10 December

2022

Saturday, 19:00

09 December

2022

Friday, 19:00

08 December

2022

Thursday, 19:00

07 December

2022

Wednesday, 19:00

21 May

2022

Saturday, 19:00

21 May

2022

Saturday, 12:00

20 May

2022

Friday, 19:00

20 March

2022

Sunday, 14:00

19 March

2022

Saturday, 19:00

18 March

2022

Friday, 19:00

17 March

2022

Thursday, 19:00

28 November

2021

Sunday, 19:00

27 November

2021

Saturday, 19:00

26 November

2021

Friday, 19:00

25 November

2021

Thursday, 19:00

24 November

2021

Wednesday, 19:00

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Synopsis

Part One

Alfredo Germont arrives at a party at the home of Violetta Valéry, a renowned courtesan. She is surprised to learn of his devotion to her, and of his concern during her recent illness. Alfredo leads a toast to love; Violetta responds with a toast to pleasure and excitement. Feeling faint, she excuses herself to rest. Alfredo follows and begs her to allow him to love and care for her. She tells him she is not interested in such heroic commitment, but invites him to return the next day. Alone, she wonders if she is capable of experiencing love. Dismissing the idea as nonsense, she determines to live for freedom and pleasure alone.

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