Cincinnati Opera's Artistic Director, Evans Mirageas, shares his Opera Insights on a new production of
La Traviata. From the creators of Cincinnati Opera's spectacular 2007
Aida, comes a sumptuous and romantic new production of Verdi's
La Traviata. This opulent new production by director Bliss Hebert and designer Allen Charles Klein and will make its world premiere in Cincinnati.
La Traviata is based on Alexandre Dumas's play, La Dame aux Camélias. The opera tells the story of a Parisian courtesan, Violetta, who falls in love with Alfredo, a young man from a prominent family. They make a new life, sacrificing all to be together, until his family's disapproval of their union forces them apart. In the end, the couple reunites only to be separated again—this time by Violetta's untimely death from consumption.
La Traviata was last performed in Cincinnati in 2003. Cast includes Eglise Gutierrez, Richard Leech, Philippe Rouillon, Brendan Tuohy, Bill McGraw, Jeremy Kelly, David Michael, and Audrey Babcock. For more information
go to Cincinnati Opera's website.
Recorded
6/3/2008
at CET Studios
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