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La traviata
Giuseppe Verdi 1813-1901

Opera in tre atti
libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

worldpremiere
March 6, 1853
Teatro La Fenice, Venice

premiere 9 April 2009 performances 12* 14 17 20 23 26* 29 April 2 5 May 2009
Het Muziektheater Amsterdam

With the choice of Alexandre Dumass 1848 novel La dame aux camélias for this opera, Giuseppe Verdi tackled a contemporary theme for the first time and a considerably risqué one at that. The leading female character, Violetta Valéry, was based on a real-life bon vivant, a cult figure who died of tuberculosis in 1847 after pursuing a glamorous, free-living existence. The composer and his librettist reduced the lavish social novel to a psychological drama that essentially takes place between three characters. The music is as varied as the many forces that influence Violetta.

original production Salzburger Festspiele 2005

musical direction
Paolo Carignani
director
Willy Decker
set design
Wolfgang Gussmann
costume design
Wolfgang Gussmann
Susana Mendoza
lighting design
Hans Toelstede
choreography
Athol Farmer
dramaturgy
Klaus Bertisch

orchestra
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest
chorus
Koor van De Nederlandse Opera
directed by
Martin Wright

Violetta Valéry
Marina Poplavskaya
Flora Bervoix
Fredrika Brillembourg
Annina
Diane Pilcher
Alfredo Germont
Ismael Jordi
Giorgio Germont
Andrzej Dobber
Gastone de Létorières
Gregorio Gonzalez
Barone Douphol
Roger Smeets
Marchese d'Obigny
Herman Wallén
Dottore Grenvil
Luigi Roni
Giuseppe
Ruud Fiselier
Commisionario
Jan Polak
Domestico di Flora
Sander Heutinck
Un Cavaliere
Peter Arink
Un Ospite
Athol Farmer

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[1940stu]

Attractive staging, nicely sung.

[HeidelbergSoprano]

Anna Netrebko was the only Violetta for this production... just saying! :D

[mumularatona]

ANNA NETREBKOOOOOOOOO BEST

[atholjohn1]

Now that I have wasted my time in reading all the comments here,I have been rudely awoken to the fact that all who post here have no idea, and obviously nothing better to do,than to write their own critics,drop a few names they may have heard of or read of and think that this will deter people from looking at such productions as these.WRONG,it has the complete opposite reaction.

Twas hard to write this looking through tears of laughter at the ignorance.

[Elisabetta611]

@AfroPoli Jumping to conclusions without evidence again? If you love Germany, MOVE THERE. I'm sure you'll love the Regietheater excesses there. Calixto Bieito especially. That seems to be right up your alley. What debate? You twisted a post of mine into an anti-Zeffirelli tirade. That isn't an argument, that's trolling.

[AfroPoli]

@Elisabetta611 I can't stop laughing at you. And who are you anyway to judge? You know no Italian and you cannot read music. You cannot even post reasonable arguments. I love Germany. End of debate! :)

[Elisabetta611]

@AfroPoli If it were, you'd know some punctuation and grammar. Or recognize sarcasm for what it is. Like I said, get over it. Or move to Germany. It's filled with Regietheater!

[AfroPoli]

@Elisabetta611 God, are you dumb. Italian is my mothertongue you idiot. And if you write that one has to be "über sophisticated to get this Regietheater trash", I can assure you: you do not neven need half a brain, but you don't seem to have even that. You keep promising that you'd stop writing, but you never do.

[Elisabetta611]

@AfroPoli Well, so far all I've seen out of you is pseudo modern yadda dadda about the "drama". Which CANNOT be done in the libretto's time frame, OH NO, modern audiences may get bored! I know Italian just fine, you should use a better translator though. You think you aren't repetetive? I never made you a promise, dearie. Get off your pompous high horse and learn to accept that some people CARE about what is written in the stage directions. Which is perfectly legitimate. So get over it.

[AfroPoli]

@Elisabetta611 Hm, this last judgement of yours only proves that you not only don't know Italian but also that you do not have the faintest idea of what you are talking about. I am not surprised. And you are terribly repetitive. on top of it. So, please keep your promise and be quiet. Thanks.