(Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera presented this season’s “La Traviata” with a second cast on May 6th, 2026 for its 1,066th performance of Verdi’s masterpiece. Conductor Marco Armiliato led the cast of all-stars including soprano Ermonela Jaho as Violetta Valéry, Edyta Kulczak as Flora Bervoix, Jeongcheol Cha as Marques D’Obigny, Dwayne Croft as Baron Douphol (Graduate {…}
Opera Australia will return to Melbourne’s Regent Theatre with a production of “La Traviata.” The opera will be presented from May 8-16 in Sarah Giles’ production, a co-production by Opera Queensland, State Opera South Australia and West Australian Opera. The production star Stacey Alleaume and Maria Laura Iacobellis as Violetta alongside Filipe Manu and Oreste Cosimo as Alfredo and baritones {…}
Tri-Cities Opera is to close its 2025-26 season with Verdi’s “La Traviata.” The opera will be presented for one performance only on April 18, 2026, at 3 p.m. at the Broome County Forum Theatre. Staged in the grand and glorious style of the Gilded Age and accompanied by the 42-piece Tri-Cities Opera Orchestra, this production features Victoria Cannizzo as Violetta {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) On March 31, the Metropolitan Opera presented the fourth performance of its current revival of Verdi’s “La Traviata.” At the core of this revival’s first cast was Lisette Oropesa, who returned to the Met after a successful “I Puritani” earlier in January. While that role showed the soprano’s precision and elegance in the bel {…}
Dorset-based arts charity Hurn Court Opera is set to present “La Traviata.” Caroline Taylor leads the cast as Violetta, with Sam Britner as Alfredo and Philip Kalmanovitch as Giorgio. The fully staged production features orchestra conducted by Lynton Atkinson and is sung in Italian with English surtitles. Joy Robinson directs a production that sets the work in 1930s Paris. “Setting {…}
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 {…}
