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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 

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Jonathan Johnson

Alfredo Germont

Andrew Manea

Giorgio Germont

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Jason Karn

Gastone

Lawrence Hall

Baron Douphol

Jacob Cortes

Marquis d’Obigny

Christian Blackburn

Dr. Grenvil

Erica Jackson

Flora Bervoix

Gretchen Bruesehoff

Annina

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