Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata (2018)
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata
In Benoît Jacquot’s production, Manet’s Olympia dominates the stage of the Opéra Bastille. In 1863, the painting caused a scandal: the prostitute awaits her client, her expression proud, her demeanour assured. Is this Violetta? Like Olympia, Verdi’s most celebrated heroine surrenders to the spectator just as she surrenders to love, going so far as to die on stage, a woman’s ultimate sacrifice for her lover. Or might it be the spectator who strips her bare and intrudes upon her privacy, in the image of this milieu of social voyeurism? Whatever the case, these two women regard us with defiance and subjugate those who cannot help but look at them.
Casting arrow_drop_down
Ermonela Jaho
as Violetta Valéry
as Violetta Valéry
Charles Castronovo
as Alfredo Germont
as Alfredo Germont
Ludovic Tézier
as Giorgio Germont
as Giorgio Germont
François Rougier
as Gastone
as Gastone
Cornelia Oncioiu
as Annina
as Annina
Crew arrow_drop_down
Giuseppe Verdi
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Karel Mark Chichon
Conductor
Conductor
Sylvain Chauvelot
Production Design
Production Design
Francesco Maria Piave
Writer
Writer
Alexandre Dumas fils
Original Story
Original Story
Benoît Jacquot
Director
Director
