Opera San José is set to close its 2025-26 season with Verdi’s “La Traviata.” In a statement, Opera San José General Director & CEO Shawna Lucey said, “Verdi’s thrilling masterpiece invites us into Violetta’s world—one of intoxicating love, profound courage, and devastating sacrifice. It is deeply intimate yet fills the theater with huge emotion and unforgettable music.” Lucey added, “Bringing La {…}
(Credit: Bob Shomler) Opera San José is set to close its 2025-26 season with Verdi’s “La Traviata.” Former OSJ Resident Conductor Johannes Löhnermakeswill make his OSJ principal conducting debut, while OSJ’s Inaugural Resident Director Tara Branham directs the production. The production will star Mikayla Sager as Violetta, alongside former Artist-in-Residence WooYoung Yoon as Alfredo. Completing the cast is Kidon Choi {…}
The Oleg Danovski National Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Constanța, Romania will present Verdi’s “La Traviata.” The new production opens on Jan. 31, 2026, at 6:30 p.m and features a new staging directed by Anghel I. Arbore, with sets by Cătălin I. Arbore. The cast features soprano Cristina Maria Oltean as Violetta Valéry and baritone Răzvan Săraru as Giorgio Germont. {…}
(Photo: © Gianni Cravedi & ® Luca Attilii) The Teatro Municipale di Piacenza presented an ambitious project dedicated to Giuseppe Verdi: “Rigoletto,” “Il trovatore,” and “La Traviata,” brought together in a single cycle under the title “Popular Trilogy,” all performed within the same week. Although not originally conceived by Verdi as a unified set, these three operas represent the composer’s {…}
Festival Opera and Diablo Symphony Orchestra will join forces for Verdi’s “La Traviata.” The production will star soprano Jamie Chamberlin, tenor Nathan Granner, and Baritone Zachary Gordin, the Festival Opera’s General Director. The work will be presented in a modern concert staging directed by the acclaimed Richard Harrell and conducted by Music Director Matilda Hofman. There will be two performances {…}
Opera Colorado is set to open its 2025-26 season with Giuseppe Verdi’s “La traviata.” The opera will be performed on Nov. 1, 4, 7, and 9 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House The production marks a new chapter under Ellie Caulkins General Director & CEO Barbara Lynne Jamison, who said, “This is a season about listening to our community and {…}
The Atlanta Opera is set to open its 2025-26 mainstage season with Verdi’s “La traviata.” The opera will be presented with a starry cast that includes Mané Galoyan as Violetta, Long Long as Alfredo, and Anthony Clark Evans as Germont. Evan Rogister conducts the masterpiece. In a statement, General Director Tomer Zvulun said, “We are excited to bring back Francesca Zambello’s {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard) Though I think most in the Northeast, where I live, look forward to the coming colors and crispness of fall…still, the fading of summer is always bittersweet. For me, regularly covering the major opera festivals that are part of summer in this part of the world, the last opera of the season is always special. And for {…}
(Credit: Javier del Real / Teatro Real) Twenty years after its triumphant—and undeniably provocative—debut at the Salzburg Festival, Willy Decker’s “La Traviata” stormed the stage of Madrid’s Teatro Real. It is striking how a production that once shocked audiences has become a recognized classic, revealing its timeless, almost metaphysical essence. Premiered in 1853 at Venice’s Teatro La Fenice, “La Traviata” {…}
(Photo credit: Klara Beck) After its premiere in Dijon, in collaboration with the Orchestre National du Rhin, Verdi’s “La Traviata” arrives in Strasbourg. If the Burgundian production was disappointing, in terms of staging, performers and conducting, the Alsatian revival is far more successful. Admittedly, many of the elements of German director Amélie Niermeyer‘s Dijon production remain, such as the parties {…}
The Deutsche Oper am Rhein has announced a cast change for the March 2, 2025 performance of “La Traviata.” The company said that Luiza Fatyol will sing the role of Violetta replacing Adela Zaharia who is ill. Zaharia also took to social media and said, “Bad News…I sang the Traviata performance yesterday sick- not everyone could notice (thank heavens for {…}