Organization

Soprano (+2)

Lisette Oropesa

Violetta Valery

Soprano (+1)

Ekaterina Bakanova

Anush Hovhannisyan

Angel Blue

Pretty Yende

Soprano

Hrachuhí Bassénz

Tenor

Liparit Avetisyan

Alfredo Germont

Tenor (+3)

Frédéric Antoun

Dmytro Popov

Stephen Costello

Baritone (+8)

Christian Gerhaher

Giorgio Germont

Baritone (+3)

Christoph Pohl

Baritone (+1)

Vladimir Stoyanov

Dimitri Platanias

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Stephanie Wake-Edwards

Flora Bervoix

Mezzo-soprano (+4)

Hongni Wu

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Angela Simkin

Rachel Kelly

Egor Zhuravskii

Gastone de Letorières

Tenor (+1)

Thando Mjandana

Andrés Presno

Yuriy Yurchuk

Barone Douphol

James Cleverton

Germán Enrique Alcántara

Bass (+1)

Blaise Malaba

Dottore Grenvil

Bass-baritone (+3)

Simon Shibambu

Bass (+4)

David Shipley

Bass-baritone (+5)

Jeremy White

Marchese d'Obigny

Mezzo-soprano

Renata Skarelytë

Annina

Mezzo-soprano (+5)

Sarah Pring

Gaynor Keeble

Kseniia Nikolaieva

Stage director

Richard Eyre

Conductor

Conductor (+1)

Antonello Manacorda

Paul Wynne Griffiths

Conductor (+2)

Renato Balsadonna

Giacomo Sagripanti

Lighting designer

Lighting designer (+2)

Jean Kalman

Costume designer

Set designer (+1)

Bob Crowley

Set designer

Choreographer

Jane Gibson

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Chorus

Royal Opera Chorus

Revival Stage Director

Stage director (+4)

Pedro Ribeiro

Royal Opera House

Royal Ballet and Opera

Six sopranos take the role of Violetta this Season in two runs of Richard Eyre’s time-honoured production of Verdi’s La traviata. Verdi’s beautiful score contains some of his most inspired arias and duets, including Violetta’s joyous ‘Sempre libera’, and her poignant and passionate encounters with Alfredo and Germont. The superficial glamour of 19th-century Paris contrasts with scenes of great intimacy, culminating in the memorable, heart-breaking final act.

The Royal Opera welcomes Lisette Oropesa, Kristina Mkhitaryan, and Anush Hovhannisyan in the Autumn and Pretty Yende, Angel Blue and Hrachuhí Bassénz in the Spring to sing the favourite role of star sopranos in the most performed opera in the world.

Italian

La Traviata -  (La traviata)

London

United Kingdom

Main Stage

La traviata Verdi

Staged

Opera

La traviata

English

A moment from The Royal Opera's La traviata with Pretty Yende and Stephen Costello.

The courtesan Violetta lives and breathes the glamour of Parisian high society, but she has never known love – until she meets Alfredo. Abandoning her hedonistic existence for a new life in the country, Violetta receives a surprise visit from Alfredo’s father, who exposes the cruelty of society’s double standards – and accelerates her tragic demise.

Giuseppe Verdi’s riches-to-rags opera has it all: from the intoxicating joy of the ‘Brindisi’ party chorus, to the hushed poignancy of the final act, where hope teeters on the edge of despair.

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