A visual feast, a vocal tour de force, lushly romantic, this is one of Verdi’s most beloved works. Violetta is a glittering Parisian courtesan, emphatically not looking for love…until, at the most vulnerable moment of her life, she meets Alfredo. Now she knows she has a heart, because it's breaking.

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All performances at The Shubert Theatre, Boston
The approximate running time of La traviata is 2 hours and 40 minutes

Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Alexandre Dumas’ play “La dame aux camellias” (1852)

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Sung in Italian with projected English surtitles
Co-production with Opera Colorado

Conductor		Stephen Lord
Stage Director		James Robinson
Set and Costume Designer		Bruno Schwengl
Lighting Designer		Mimi Jordan Sherin
Violetta Valéry, a courtesan		Dina Kuznetsova, soprano
Alfredo Germont		Garrett Sorenson, tenor
Giorgio Germont, Alfredo’s father		James Westman, baritone*
Baron Douphol, Violetta’s protector		James Maddalena, baritone
Marchese D’Obigny, friend of Flora		David Kravitz, baritone
Doctor Grenvil		David M. Cushing, bass
Flora Bervoix, Violetta’s friend		Stephanie Chigas, mezzo-soprano*
Annina, Violetta’s maid		Alisa Cassola, soprano*
*BLO debut