VERDI'S La Traviata must be one of the most often performed of all operas, so the temptation must be great for a director to do something different. In this case, however, it was a temptation that ...
La Traviata, means 'the fallen woman' and the character Giorgio insists that her past history has fallen too far in the eyes of God for her ever to be redeemed. These have been difficult times for the ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Opera Columbus continues its innovative Opera on the Edge program in the 2015-16 ...
Two of the most popular operas in the repertoire come to Brighton's Theatre Royal next week. Verdi's La Traviata and Mozart's Don Giovanni have both been given makeovers by English Touring Opera, one ...
There’s not much vocal shapeliness about conductor Michael Hofstetter’s chilly account of the Prelude (apart from a few surprising blaze-ups, the rest is efficient rather than ideally fluent). And we ...
2 Russians, 2 Jews, and a Puerto Rican walk into a bar ...
‘Scilla Cristiano is one of the best lyric sopranos in the world,” says Joshua Collier, artistic director of Opera Vermont. “I’ve heard so many lyric sopranos, household names that appear on big ...
Peter Konwitschny’s ‘Traviata’ travesty doesn’t get any better on a second viewing. His view is that this is a social drama in which Violetta is the only real person, with the chorus like a ...
An innovative production of "La traviata" rids the opera of its purpose, and heart By Alexandra Coghlan La traviata, English National Opera Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera Love is in the air in London’s ...
La traviata tells the moving story of how the beautiful but fragile courtesan Violetta is coerced into sacrificing her one hope of personal happiness for the sake of her lovers reputation. A tragic ...