Melodramma in tre atti su libretto di Francesco Maria Piave, tratto dal romanzo "La dame aux camélias" di Alexandre Dumas figlio. Prima rappresentazione: Venezia, Teatro La Fenice, 6 marzo 1853.
Violetta Valery - Montserrat Caballé
Flora Bervoix - Junes Albert
Annina - Silvia Baleani
Alfredo Germont - Renato Cioni
Giorgio Germont - Giuliano Bernardi
Gastone - Nino Falzetti
Dottore Grenvil - Pedro Liendo
Barone Douphol - Carlos Maury
Marchese d'Obigny - Isidoro Gavari
Giuseppe - Julio Areinamo
Orquesta y coro del Teatro Municipal de Caracas
Nello Santi
November 2, 1967

Giuseppe Verdi: "La Traviata" (1853)

American tenor Dominick Chenes returns to Seattle Opera in the role of Alfredo in LA TRAVIATA. To avenge himself on Violetta, who has suddenly and without explanation dumped him, he throws at her a wad of money he made gambling at Flora’s party, declaring to everyone present: “I call you all to witness that I have paid this woman!” Carlo Montanaro conducts the orchestra of Seattle Opera. Sunny Martini, photo.

DOMINICK CHENES as Alfredo

South Korean tenor Duke Kim makes his Seattle Opera debut as Alfredo in LA TRAVIATA. In the cabaletta of his Act Two aria, this naïve young man sings of his shame and humiliation when he discovers that his girlfriend, the former courtesan Violetta, has been selling all her possessions to pay for the swanky lifestyle she shares with him—basically, he’s a ‘kept boy’ of a former ‘kept woman’. Vowing to rectify the situation and wash away this stain on his honor, he hits a crowd-pleasing high note and dashes offstage. Carlo Montanaro conducts the orchestra of Seattle Opera. Sunny Martini, photo.

DUKE KIM as Alfredo

South Korean baritone Joo Won Kang returns to Seattle Opera as Germont in LA TRAVIATA. In the second verse of his famous aria, “Di Provenza il mar,” he tries every trick in the manipulative father’s book to get his freshly broken-hearted, young-adult son to come home with him: “You don’t know how your old father has suffered, how empty our old home has been, since you’ve been far away. But I have found you at last, and if my hopes are not deceived, if you are still a man of honor, then God has heard my prayer.” Carlo Montanaro conducts the orchestra of Seattle Opera. Sunny Martini, photo.

JOO WON KANG as Germont

Armenian soprano Mané Galoyan makes her Seattle Opera debut as Violetta in LA TRAVIATA. In her Act Three aria “Addio del passato” this consumptive former courtesan, who has now lost everything, prepares herself for death: “Alfredo’s love is gone forever, and there is nothing else to sustain my weary soul. Lord, smile upon a fallen woman’s last wish; forgive her and receive her into thy love.” Carlo Montanaro conducts the orchestra of Seattle Opera. Sunny Martini, photo.

MANÉ GALOYAN as Violetta

Michael Chioldi returns to Seattle Opera as Germont in LA TRAVIATA, a role the American baritone has now sung 100 times. He launches his big Act 2 duet with Violetta by telling her all about his other child—Violetta is living in sin with Germont’s son, Alfredo—whose upcoming marriage is imperiled because of Violetta’s connection with his family: “Pure as an angel, the good Lord gave me a daughter. If Alfredo refuses to return to the bosom of his family, the loving and beloved young man, whose bride she was to be, will recuse himself from the bond which was to make us all so happy. Oh, do not destroy their love before it has a chance to flower; your tender heart will not resist my prayer.” Carlo Montanaro conducts the orchestra of Seattle Opera. Sunny Martini, photo.

MICHAEL CHIOLDI as Germont

South African soprano Vuvu Mpofu makes her Seattle Opera debut as Violetta in LA TRAVIATA. She concludes her big Act 1 scena with a kind of vocal duel with Alfredo (Dominick Chenes): although Violetta is trying to re-commit herself to a life of hedonism, pleasure, and shallow, meaningless sex, she can’t seem to get Alfredo’s love-cry out of her head, despite her high E-flat! Carlo Montanaro conducts the orchestra of Seattle Opera. Sunny Martini, photo.

VUVU MPOFU as Violetta

Ihre Freunde, auf schlürfet (Trinkleid)- so hold, so reizend und eingelsmild- ´s ist seltsam/ er ist es, dessen wonnig Bild- Von der Freunde Blumenktänzen- Hat dein heimatliches land - Mir zu folgen, gab ich ihm ein Zeichen- Verachtung trifft den- Olaß uns fliehen. 

Malitta Muszely, Rudolf Schock, Manfred Schmidt, josef Metternich, Annelise Müller, Karl Kohn, Walter Stoll, Wilhelm Lang, chor der Deutschen Stadts oper Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin, 

Dirigent: Wilhelm Schüchter

La Traviata

In this episode, Sarah Saturnino, member of the LA Opera Young Artist Program, reads the synopsis for La Traviata. Playing April 6 through the 27. Tickets are available now at LAOpera.org
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La Traviata: Scene-by-Scene

En este episodio, Angelica Mata comparte la sinopsis de
La Traviata. Las funciones serán del sies al veinti siete de abril. Las entradas ya están disponibles en LAOpera.org.

La Traviata: Escena-por-Escena

In this episode, Richard Seaver Music Director James Conlon guides you through history of Verdi's La Traviata. Tickets to this new to LA production of La Traviata are available now at LAOpera.org.

James Conlon's In-Depth Look at La Traviata

Shawna Lucey and Rachel Willis-Sorensen bring the story of La Traviata to life through extensive research and world-building, sharing glimpses of their unique rehearsal process and personal stories that shape their artistry with Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano.

Don't miss this new to LA production, playing now through April 26. Tickets are available at LAOpera.org.

La Traviata in Conversation with Shawna Lucey, Rachel Willis-Sørensen and Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano

En este episodio de Detrás del telón, Gerardo Kleinburg habla sobre La Traviata. Las funciones serán del sies al veinti siete de abril. Las entradas ya están disponibles en LAOpera.org.

Gerardo Kleinburg: La Traviata

(Saluzzo,  25 marzo 1910 -  Milano, 8 settembre 2014)
Arie e scene da da opere di Verdi (La Traviata), Boito (Mefistofele), Catalani (Loreley), Puccini (Manon lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca, Suor Angelica, Turandot), Cilea (Adriana Lecouvreur), Zandonai (Francesca da Rimini - con M.Del Monaco)

Magda Olivero (1910-2014)

South Korean tenor Duke Kim wooed Armenian soprano Mané Galoyan with Verdi’s catchy “Libiamo” from LA TRAVIATA at Seattle Opera in May 2023. Carlo Montanaro conducted the chorus and orchestra of Seattle Opera. 
Photo by Sunny Martini

LA TRAVIATA “Libiamo” with Duke Kim and Mané Galoyan

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