| Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901) | La traviata | Livret de Francesco Maria Piave |
| Opera North | |||
| Gianluca Marcianò | Direction | 2014 sept. 20, 27, oct. 03, 17, 23, 28, nov. 01 | |
| Oliver von Dohnányi | Direction | 2015 janv. 31, févr. 06, 14, 19, 26 | |
| Alessandro Talevi | Mise en scène | ||
| Madeleine Boyd | Décors, Costumes | ||
| Orchestra of Opera North | |||
| Chorus of Opera North | |||
| Hye-Youn Lee | Soprano | Violetta Valéry | |
| Ji-Min Park | Ténor | Alfredo Germont | |
| Roland Wood | Baryton | Giorgio Germont | 2014 sept. 20, 27, oct. 03, 17, 23, 28, nov. 01 |
| Stephen Gadd | Baryton | Giorgio Germont | 2015 janv. 31, févr. 06, 14, 19, 26 |
| Louise Collett | Mezzo-soprano | Annina | |
| Victoria Sharp | Soprano | Flora Bervoix | |
| Daniel Norman | Ténor | Gastone de Letorières | |
| Peter Savidge | Baryton | Baron Douphol | |
| Dean Robinson | Basse | Dr Grenvil | |
| Nicholas Butterfield | Basse | Marquis d'Obigny |
Violetta is a courtesan who is enjoying the Parisian high-life when, to her surprise, she falls in love. But she cannot escape the consequences of her past life, and circumstances conspire to force her to sacrifice what may be her only chance of real love.
Asked some years after its premiere which of his operas he liked best, Verdi replied ‘Speaking as a professional, Rigoletto; as an amateur La traviata’. He poured some of his most heartfelt music into this intimate story of family tensions and blighted love, and the result is one of opera’s most profoundly moving masterpieces.
Director Alessandro Talevi and designer Madeleine Boyd (The Turn of the Screw, Don Giovanni) set Opera North’s first new production of La traviata for 15 years in Belle Époque Paris. Two South Korean artists with burgeoning international careers, the soprano Hye-Youn Lee and the tenor Ji-Min Park, are Violetta and Alfredo; and the young Italian conductor Gianluca Marcianò makes his Opera North debut.
Sung in Italian with English titles. Performance lasts approximately 2 hours 45 minutes.