Organization

Stage director

Stage director (+1)

Peter Konwitschny

Costume designer

Set designer (+3)

Johannes Leiacker

Set designer

Lighting designer

Lighting designer (+1)

Joachim Klein

Conductor

Richard Farnes

Tenor

José Simerilla Romero

Alfredo Germont

Baritone (+3)

Roland Wood

Giorgio Germont

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Amy Holyland

Flora Bervoix

Tenor (+1)

Tshabalala Zwakele

Gastone de Letorières

Bass (+1)

Frederick Tong

Barone Douphol

Patrick Alexander Keefe

Marchese d'Obigny

Soprano (+1)

Sarah-Jane Lewis

Annina

Baritone (+4)

Jonathan Lemalu

Dottore Grenvil

Translator

Conductor (+2)

Martin Fitzpatrick

Ruth Knight

English National Opera

Orchestra

English National Opera Orchestra

London Coliseum

Nicole Chevalier

Violetta Valery

Soprano

Gabriella Cassidy

La traviata is an opera that tells the story of the tragic love between the courtesan, Violetta, and the romantic, Alfredo Germont.

Violetta turns her back on a life of glamour, style and standing for the man she loves. But, upper-class fashionable society, feeling itself spurned, decides it’s not a suitable match. Alfredo and Violetta’s love threatens to shame his family. His father directly appeals to Violetta to relinquish her one chance of happiness. Violetta submits and her act of self-sacrifice leads to her paying the ultimate price.

Richard Farnes returns to the ENO to conduct Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece, which contrasts spectacular party scenes with tender, intimate moments – underpinned with classic opera songs you’re bound to recognise. Singing Violetta is outstanding soprano, Nicole Chevalier. She is joined by Jose Simerilla Romero as Alfredo and Roland Wood as Giorgio Germont, along with ENO Harewood Artists, Zwakele Tshabalala as Gastone and Amy Holyland as Flora.

English