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Why see Los Angeles Opera - La Traviata?

Perhaps He Is The One

One of the very best in the repertoire, Verdi's La Traviata is a sweeping love story set against the backdrop of decadent Paris high society where the celebrated courtesan Violetta eschews her wealthy suitors for the simple life with poor Alfredo. In this sumptuous production courtesy of the San Francisco Opera, our heroine is portrayed by Rachel Willis-Sorenson, opposite Liparit Avetisyan as her besotted suitor.

What is the story?

As one of the most beautiful courtesans of Paris, the alluring Violetta has many admirers but has let none of her wealthy suitors near her heart, preferring their generosity with their wallets to their baser attentions. It is in this world she meets Alfredo, a handsome yet penniless member of the bourgeois who wins her love and whisks her away to a countryside idyll in the hope of escaping her past life. Can their passion survive the reality of poverty, reputation and illness, or will everything they have fought to flee overwhelm the strongest emotion of them all?

Key Information

Audience

Sung in Italian with English subtitles

Run Time

Two hours and 55 minutes, including two intermissions

Dates

Finished Apr 27

Reviews

Customer reviews

1 reviews, average rating: (5.0 Stars)

Margot Szalay

La Traviata

Worldclass Opera! We are very happy that we are able to experience it in LA! The LA Opera has made a tremendous development over the last 30 years. We are grateful to Placido Domingo who was the driving force behind it. ... Read more

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