Giuseppe Verdi
La traviata
- An Opera in Three Acts (Four Pictures) I
- A Repeat Performance from the 2003/2004 Season (Premiere: 17 April 2003) I
- Calendar
17 February 2023 | 19:30 | SNG Opera in balet Ljubljana |
![]() Mojca Bitenc k. g. Galja Gorčeva Dunja Spruk Jenish Ysmanov k. g. Ivan Andres Arnšek Rusmir Redžić Lucas Somoza Osterc k. g. Marko Ferjančič Rok Bavčar Aljaž Žgavc Vladimir Jakšič |
18 February 2023 | 19:30 | SNG Opera in balet Ljubljana |
![]() Martina Zadro Ana Dežman k. g. Zala Hodnik k. g. Jenish Ysmanov k. g. Marko Kobal Matej Vovk Darko Vidic k. g. Rok Bavčar Zoran Potočan Rusmir Redžić Anton Habjan Vladimir Jakšič |
21 February 2023 | 19:30 | SNG Opera in balet Ljubljana |
![]() Mojca Bitenc k. g. Ana Dežman k. g. Zala Hodnik k. g. Aljaž Farasin Marko Kobal Matej Vovk Darko Vidic k. g. Rok Bavčar Zoran Potočan Rusmir Redžić Anton Habjan Vladimir Jakšič |
22 February 2023 | 19:30 | SNG Opera in balet Ljubljana |
![]() Martina Zadro Galja Gorčeva Dunja Spruk Martin Sušnik k. g. Ivan Andres Arnšek Rusmir Redžić Anton Habjan Marko Ferjančič Rok Bavčar Aljaž Žgavc Vladimir Jakšič |
11 May 2023 | 19:30 | SNG Opera in balet Ljubljana |
![]() Elvira Hasanagić k. g. Galja Gorčeva Zala Hodnik k. g. Martin Sušnik k. g. Ivan A. Arnšek Rusmir Redžić Lucas Somoza Osterc k. g. Marko Ferjančič Rok Bavčar Aljaž Žgavc k. g. Anton Habjan Vladimir Jakšič |
13 May 2023 | 19:30 | SNG Opera in balet Ljubljana |
![]() Elvira Hasanagić k. g. Galja Gorčeva Dunja Spruk Aljaž Farasin Marko Kobal Matej Vovk Darko Vidic k. g. Rok Bavčar Zoran Potočan Rusmir Redžić Anton Habjan Marko Ferjančič |
In spite of the fact that La traviata ranks today among the most popular operas and is considered a synonym for the fireworks of wonderful and catchy melodies, the conservative audiences of the Venetian Teatro La Fenice had booed its premiere back in 1853. It became a success only a year later, when performed in the smaller San Benedetto Theatre.
La traviata is one of those masterpieces, which were created in a swing, as the composer, inspired by a constant wave of creative enthusiasm, managed to write it within just a month and a half. The libretto, which was created by the poet Francesco Maria Piave, is an excellent adaptation of The Lady of the Camellias by French writer Alexandre Dumas. Verdi presented on stage the fallen Parisian courtesan Violetta, overwhelmed with pure and unselfish love. Violetta presents an archetype of a female, whose frontiers of personal liberty can be moved only by love.
La traviata was first performed in Slovenia by the German Acting Ensemble of the Ljubljana Provincial Theatre, in 1867. This staging (15th in a row) is signed by the renowned stage director Lutz Hochstraate. He and his creative team staged for the Ljubljana Opera not only the famous love story, but also one of the greatest emotional dramas, which is primarily based on psychological absorption of characters, their intimate pain and critique of social relations. Although the creators have kept the story within its historical frame, they allowed it enough freedom to develop a lively and authentic stage action.
Tatjana Ažman