La traviata by Verdi, From (2023/2023), Directed by Karsten Wiegand,, Conductor Daniel Cohen, Staatstheater, Darmstadt, Germany

Violetta Valéry and Alfredo Germont meet and fall in love at a big party. A love that has no place in this world. She is a famous Parisian courtesan, he comes from a respected family. Love is a consumer good and has its price. Violetta pays for this with her renunciation of love. She gives in to Alfredo's father's urging and leaves him immediately. under a pretense. Deeply hurt, Alfredo only learns the real reason for the separation shortly before Violetta's early death. In Verdi's much-performed opera, Violetta's stigmatization is already in the title: she is "La traviata" ("the one who strayed from the right path"), and is downright iconized by those around her. She is controversial and worthy of worship at the same time, like the biblical Mary Magdalene. Taboos and liberation, love as a commodity and true love are the themes that director Karsten Wiegand deals with in his usual sensual way