// Verdi //
LA TRAVIATA
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Friday, October 27, 2023 at 7:30PM
Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 2:00PM
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
LA TRAVIATA runs approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes including two intermissions.
Performed in Italian with English supertitles.
OPERA OVERVIEW
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after the play “The Lady of the Camellias” by Alexandre Dumas fils
World premiere: Teatro la Fenice, Venice, March 6, 1853
United States premiere: Academy of Music, New York, December 3, 1856
Raise a glass to Verdi’s dazzling tale of fate and forbidden love! Renowned for its soaring arias and heart-wrenching ending, the Parisian romance that inspired Moulin Rouge and Pretty Woman explores the price we pay for true love.
MORE DETAILS
- Audio Description will be available for the Friday, October 27th performance, provided by Arts Access
- Friday night ticketholders are invited to join us for a free pre-opera talk in the Carolina Room at 6:30PM. NC Opera General Director Eric Mitchko will present.
- $15 college student tickets are available at the door, or email boxoffice@ncopera.org with a photo of your student ID to purchase in advance
QUESTIONS? We’re here to help! Call the Box Office at 919.792.3853.
This production of LA TRAVIATA is generously underwritten by Ross Lampe, Jr.
THE ARTISTS
Joseph Mechavich
Conductor
John Hoomes
Stage Director
Vanessa Vasquez
Violetta Valéry
Jonathan Johnson
Alfredo Germont
Andrew Manea
Giorgio Germont
Jason Karn
Gastone
Lawrence Hall
Baron Douphol
Jacob Cortes
Marquis d’Obigny
Christian Blackburn
Dr. Grenvil
Erica Jackson
Flora Bervoix
Gretchen Bruesehoff
Annina