07/25/15 – LA Opera begins with La Traviata @1PM!

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La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

Sung in Italian. Two hours and 55 minutes, including two intermissions.

In the giddy, glitzy world of the Roaring Twenties, a naive young man falls head over heels for a glamorous party girl. Together they trade the fast life for an idyllic love nest far from the city…until an unexpected visitor threatens to tear them apart.

One of opera’s greatest romances, La Traviata returns in Marta Domingo’s dazzlingly updated Art Deco-inspired production. Nino Machaidze, one of LA Opera’s favorite leading ladies, returns as Violetta, with Arturo Chacón-Cruz as her handsome Alfredo. The incomparable Plácido Domingo returns in one of his newest signature roles, as a father determined to do the right thing.

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CAST

• Violetta Valéry

  Nino Machaidze

• Alfredo Germont

  Arturo Chacón-Cruz

• Giorgio Germont

  Plácido Domingo

• Baron Douphol

  Daniel Mobbs*

• Gastone de Letorieres

  Brenton Ryan+*

• Marquis d’Obigny

  Daniel Armstrong++

• Doctor Grenvil

  Soloman Howard*

• Flora Bervoix

  Peabody Southwell

• Annina

  Vanessa Becerra+*

• Solo Dancer (Sep. 13, 17, 26)

  Louis A. Williams, Jr.*

• Solo Dancer (Sep. 19, 21, 23, 28)

  Evan Swenson*

CREATIVE TEAM

• Conductor

  James Conlon

• Director / Scenery and Costume Designer

  Marta Domingo

• Lighting Designer

  Alan Burrett

• Chorus Director

  Grant Gershon

• Choreographer

  Kitty McNamee

* LA Opera debut artist
+ Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program member
++ Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program alumnus

 

Photo credits: Craig Matthew/LA Opera