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This event is part of the Taliesin Arts Centre series
Royal Opera House Live
'La traviata'
Opera in three acts
Music Giuseppe Verdi
Director Richard Eyre
Conductor Antonello Manacorda
Richard Eyre’s beautiful production provides the perfect setting for Verdi’s opera about a courtesan who sacrifices all for love.
From the thrill of unexpected romance to a heartbreaking reconciliation that comes too late – Verdi’s La traviata is one of the most popular of all operas. Alfredo falls in love in with the courtesan Violetta in glamorous Paris society, but underneath the surface run darker undercurrents, leading
to a tragic ending. The opera’s wealth of melodies includes the famous Brindisi and the exuberant ‘Sempre libera’ – both showing the lyricism of Italian opera at its most immediately appealing. Richard Eyre’s production for The Royal Opera brings out all the emotional colour, from the giddy discovery of love, through painful confrontation to the inevitable conclusion. Lavish period sets and costumes enhance the reality of a moving story based on true life.
Approximate running time: 3 hrs 35 mins (including two intervals)
Sung in Italian with English surtitles
Wednesday 30 January 6.45pm
Contact: Faustine Verger (Email: f.a.verger@swansea.ac.uk) - Telephone: 01792295438
Website: https://www.taliesinartscentre.co.uk/en/taliesin-broadcast.htm?id=57817