La traviata - Schedule, Program & Tickets

Richard Eyre's stunning production of Verdi's best-loved opera returns with star soprano Ermonela Jaho and Angel Blue as Violetta; the casts also include Plácido Domingo and Charles Castronovo.

Verdi based La traviata on Alexandre Dumas fils's novel and play La Dame aux camélias, inspired by the life and death of the real Parisian courtesan Marie Duplessis. Verdi offered a more complex and sympathetic portrayal of his heroine than Dumas, highlighting Violetta's noble nature and her devotion to Alfredo. La Traviata had an initially lukewarm reception, but after Verdi revised the work in 1854 it became enormously successful. It is currently the most performed opera in the world, and the role of Violetta a favorite for many star sopranos.

Richard Eyre's stunning naturalistic production contrasts the superficial glamor of 19th-century Parisian high life with intimate scenes for Violetta with Alfredo and Giorgio Germont, culminating in the heart-breaking final act. Verdi's sublime score contains some of his most inspired arias and duets, including Violetta's introspective 'Ah fors'è lui' and hedonistic 'Semper libera', Violetta and Germont's poignant Act II encounter and Alfredo and Violetta's 'Parigi, o cara', in which they are dreaming of a happy future.




Performers
Conductor
Antonello Manacorda
Violetta Valéry
Ermonela Jaho
Alfredo Germont
Charles Castronovo
Giorgio Germont
Igor Golovatenko
Annina
Catherine Carby
Flora Bervoix
Aigul Akhmetshina
Baron Douphol
Germán E Alcántara
Doctor Grenvil
Simon Shibambu
Gastone de Letorières
Thomas Atkins
Marquis D'Obigny
Jeremy White
Chorus
Royal Opera Chorus
Concert Master
Sergey Levitin
Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Subject to change.