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Stage director

Stage director (+4)

Arnaud Bernard

Set designer

Alessandro Camera

Costume designer

Costume designer (+1)

Carla Ricotti

Lighting designer

Lighting designer (+1)

Patrick Méeüs

Chorusmaster

Adolf Melichar

Dramaturge

Jitka Slavíková

Conductor

Chorusmaster (+1)

Anna Novotná-Pešková

National Theatre Prague

Státní Opera Praha (The State Opera)

Conductor (+4)

Jiří Štrunc

Vincenzo Milletarì

Soprano (+1)

Zuzana Marková

Violetta Valery

Soprano

Lucie Kaňková

Veronika Rovná

Jana Sibera

Tenor (+2)

Oreste Cosimo

Alfredo Germont

Tenor (+1)

Alejandro Del Angel

Baritone (+3)

Stepan Drobit

Giorgio Germont

Baritone (+4)

Svatopluk Sem

Baritone (+2)

Daniel Luis de Vicente

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Kateřina Jalovcová

Flora Bervoix

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Sylva Čmugrová

Tenor (+4)

Daniel Matoušek

Gastone de Letorières

Michael Skalický

Michal Bragagnolo

Josef Moravec

Bass-baritone (+3)

František Zahradníček

Barone Douphol

Bass (+3)

Roman Vocel

Ivo Hrachovec

Marchese d'Obigny

Miloš Horák

Bass (+4)

Pavel Švingr

Dottore Grenvil

Bass (+2)

Oleg Korotkov

Markéta Frýdová

Annina

Lucia Bildová

Lubomíra Popova Alabozova

Bass (+1)

Jindřich Nečesaný

Giuseppe

Zdeněk Haas

Flora's Servant

Sergej Smirnyj

Pavel Borek

Commissioner

Libor Novák

Orchestra

State Opera Orchestra Prague

Chorus

State Opera Chorus Prague

Ballet

The Czech National Ballet

Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata, to the libretto based on Alexandre Dumas’s novel La Dame aux camélias, about Marie Duplessis, the famous courtesan and idol of Parisian society in the 1840s, is actually the very first major opera treating a contemporary social theme. The work’s premiere in 1863 in Venice was a flop: the audience was appalled that the lead role had been assigned to a courtesan who, what’s more, was portrayed in a positive light. Yet Verdi’s opera soon started garnering plaudits and is now one of the most popular repertoire titles the world over.

La traviata has been staged by the Neues deutsches Theaterat (today’s State Opera) in Prague from the
very beginning of its existence, when it took over the production from the German Estates Theatre. The opera primarily afforded the opportunity to host celebrated foreign singers, including the legendary Australian soprano Nellie Melba (18 April 1900). The most recent production was undertaken in 2006 by a foreign team headed by the French stage director Arnaud Bernard.

La Traviata (La traviata), Verdi

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Violetta Valéry

Alfredo Germont

Giorgio Germont

Flora Bervoix

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Il barone Douphol

Il marchese d'Obigny

Il dottor Grenvil

Annina

Giuseppe

Un domestico di Flora

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