la traviata
June 27 & 28, 2024 | 7:30 pm
june 30, 2024 | 3:00 pm
Music Hall • springer auditorium
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Sung in Italian with projected English translations
What would you do for love?
Alfredo wants to be with Violetta, but love can mean different things. Alfredo toasts to true love and affection that endures, while Violetta celebrates desires that are fun, free, and fleeting. Persuaded to try another way of life, she agrees to stop playing games. But old habits die hard. Featuring one of opera’s ultimate soprano roles, La Traviata explores the passions and pitfalls of the heart. Will Violetta find love that lasts, before it’s too late?
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photo gallery
Photos by Philip Groshong (2018)
Cast & Creative Team
Violetta Valéry – Gilda Fiume
Alfredo Germont – Santiago Ballerini
Giorgio Germont – Anthony Clark Evans
Flora Bervoix – Taylor-Alexis Dupont
Gastone de Letorières – Demetrious Sampson, Jr.
Baron Douphol – Mike Young
Marchese d’Obigny – Thomas Dreeze
Doctor Genvil – Samuel Smith
Annina – Tanya Harris
Conductor – Lorenzo Passerini
Stage Director – Trevore Ross
Scenic and Costume Designer – Desmond Heeley
Lighting Designer – Thomas C. Hase
Wig and Makeup Designer – James Geier
Chorus Master – Henri Venanzi
Choreographer – Yoshihisa Arai
Featuring the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Ballet, and the Cincinnati Opera Chorus
DISCOVER MORE
Opera Insights
Enhance your La Traviata appreciation with a pre-curtain talk one hour before each performance in Music Hall's Corbett Tower. Evans Mirageas, The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director, provides a 30-minute overview and insights into the opera's history, music, and production. Free to all ticket holders. No reservations required.
Meet the Composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Verdi was the major Italian musical dramatist of the nineteenth century, the successor to Bellini, Donizetti, and Rossini. Along with Wagner, he was the most important opera composer of the period and received national and international recognition for his powerful stage works.
Click below to read more from the English National Opera.
This production is owned by Lyric Opera of Chicago and is a generous and deeply appreciated gift of the Gramma Fisher Foundation of Marshalltown, Iowa.
Original production staged by Frank Galati.
Production design by Desmond Heeley.
Original illustration of “La Traviata”: © Daria Petrilli - Licensee Chiara Roilo