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May 12, 2024 · Scottish Opera's La traviata is a triumphant tragedy, writes Mark Brown. IT has been 16 years since Scottish Opera premiered this production of Verdi’s masterpiece La traviata (“The Fallen Woman”), directed by Sir David McVicar at Glasgow’s Theatre Royal.
2 days ago · A number of her family members are professional musicians, but there are no singers. Growing up in a small town in South Germany decidedly shaped her character, and at the age of 12, she watched the 1983 Zeffirelli film La Traviata with Teresa Stratas in the leading role. She remembers, “At that moment, I figured out that opera is the most ...
May 16, 2024 · 2. 1 view 9 minutes ago. Violetta, a high-spirited, popular courtesan. Alfredo, her devoted but naive lover. The rural bliss they choose is shattered by fear of scandal. When their love reasserts...
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6 days ago · La Traviata. Picture: Ros Kavanagh On the night we were in the audience, soprano Amanda Woodbury is not on her best form, her voice a little strained and overpowered by the orchestra.
May 12, 2024 · Verdi’s La traviata is a timeless story of love, loss, regret, and what might have been. Violetta and Alfredo are from two different worlds – she a courtesan in Paris and he a shy young man from the countryside.
4 days ago · La Scala witnesses a stunning performance. Maria Callas gave a stunning performance that has gone down in history as her greatest ever portrayal of Violetta in La traviata on this day in 1955 at La Scala opera house in Milan. After the opening night of the production on 28 May, it was reported in the press that Callas had driven the audience ...
May 16, 2024 · La Traviata at Opéra de Montréal: A Triumphant Revival. Written in 1853 by Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata is one of the world’s most popular operas, and based on the novel “ La Dame aux Camelias” by Alexandre Dumas, fils. It tells the tragic tale about the Parisian courtesan, Violetta, who attempts to leave the frantic and party-filled ...
