23-25 SEP

Canberra Theatre

Director

Rachel McDonald

Music Director

Ollivier-Philippe Cuneo

Designers

Jo Briscoe and
Genevieve Dugard

Lighting Designer

Matthew Marshall

Choreographer

Carlee Mellow

Orchestral Reduction

Andrew Greene

English Translation

David Pountney

RUNNING TIME

150 minutes, inclusive
of interval

WARNING

Contains adult themes

Experience magnificent music that will take your heart, and probably break it too

Opera Australia's Oz Opera is proud to announce a stunning new production of one of the world's best-loved operas, Verdi's La traviata.

Money makes the world go round. This is the bleak truth behind Violetta Valery's life of champagne, silk dresses and extravagant parties. No matter how she feels inside, when the music plays and the admirer pays, she must perform. So when she finds herself falling in love, her very livelihood is threatened. Can the beautiful songbird escape her gilded cage? Can she leave her past behind?

La traviata epitomises what the world loves about Italian opera: it is an enthralling story, full of fascinating characters, who sing devastatingly romantic music. This new production, directed by Rachel McDonald, promises to bring Verdi's unforgettable music to the stage with an elegant and searching new look at opera's favourite working girl.

 

Dates & Times

opening

Thurs 23 Sept 7.30pm
Fri 24 Sept 7.30pm [Captioned]
Sat 25 Sept 7.30pm