Artists
Excelentia Vocal Ensemble
Orquesta Clásica Santa Cecilia
Kynan Johns, conductor
Violetta Valery: Letitia Vitelaru
Alfredo Germont: José Luis Sola
Flora Bervoix: Daniela Vladimirova
Giorgio Germont: Manuel Mas
Gastone/Giuseppe/Flora’s servant/Commissioner: Jesús Cantolla
Barone Douphol/ Marchese/ Dottore: Ihor Voievodin
Annina: Blanca Valido
Stage management: Alejandro Contreras Cortés
Costume design and assistant director: Ana Ramos Aguayo
Lighting: Chus Fernández
Wardrobe: María Isabel Martínez
Program
Don’t miss the dramatised version of Verdi’s La Traviata. An opportunity to enjoy one of the most famous operas in the history of music.
La Traviata is a realistic psychological drama, set entirely indoors. It tells the story of a young man from a bourgeois family who lives with a courtesan, until their relationship is terminated when she becomes ill with tuberculosis. The censorship of the age and the puritanical attitudes of audiences obliged Verdi to transfer the action of the plot to eighteenth-century Paris.
The libretto, by Francesco María Piave (Murano 1810 – Milan 1876), condenses and faithfully follows La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas (fils):
