Organization

Giampaolo Bisanti

Stage director

Johannes Erath

Set designer

Annette Kurz

Costume designer

Herbert Murauer

Lighting designer

Olaf Freese

Dramaturge

Francis Hüsers

Conductor

Singer

Soprano

Ruth Iniesta

Violetta Valery

Mezzo-soprano

Katja Pieweck

Annina

Tenor

Francesco Demuro

Alfred Germont

Baritone

Andrzej Dobber

George Germont

Peter Galliard

Gaston

Nicholas Mogg

The Baron Douphol

Bass

Han Kim

The Marquis of Obigny

Hubert Kowalczyk

The doctor Grenvil

Florian Panzieri

Giuseppe

Jakob Neubauer

Accordion

Kady Evanyshyn

Flora Bervoix

Staatsoper Hamburg

Choir of the Hamburg State Opera

Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg

Italian

La traviata

Hamburg

Germany

Staatsoper

Großes Haus

La traviata Verdi

Public

German

Approved

Giuseppe Verdi war auf der Suche nach einem neuen, gewagten Stoff, als er auf den Roman »La Dame aux Camélias« von Alexandre Dumas dem Jüngeren stieß. Im Frühjahr 1852 sah er dann die vom Dichter zum Schauspiel umgestaltete »Kameliendame« im Vaudeville-Theater in Paris. Der Eindruck bestärkte seinen Entschluss, sich des Stoffes für seine nächste Oper zu bedienen: Die Geschichte um Prostitution und Liebe, Krankheit und Tod gab ihm die Gelegenheit, sein großes Thema, die Liebe, die an gesellschaftlichen Bedingungen scheitert, neu zu formulieren. Er beauftragte Francesco Maria Piave mit dem Libretto und stellte in nur sechs Wochen die Partitur fertig. »La Traviata« wurde zu seiner erfolgreichsten Oper - auch an der Staatsoper Hamburg.

Violetta is the most sought-after courtesan in the Parisian half-world. But meeting Alfredo puts their drunken life in question: they fall in love and try to build a life together away from the fast-paced pleasures of the city. However, Violetta won't let go of her past. Alfredo's father persuades them to separate for the sake of family honor. Alfredo, who does not know the true background of her decision, publicly humiliates Violetta. When they both find each other again, Violetta has no more time.

Giuseppe Verdi was looking for such provocative, novel material when he came across Alexandre Dumas the Younger's novel La Dame aux Camélias. Then, in the spring of 1852, he saw the “Lady of the Camellias”, transformed from poet to play, at the Vaudeville Theater in Paris. The impression strengthened his decision to use the material for his next opera: the story gave him the opportunity to reformulate his great theme, love failing due to social resistance.

English

La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, From (2023/2023), Directed by Johannes Erath,, Conductor Giampaolo Bisanti

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