Sarasota Opera staged La Traviata in Fall 2009
If you liked Moulin Rouge or Camille, then no doubt you fell for Parisian courtesan Violetta Verdi's La traviata sung by Lina Tetriani, whom audiences also cheered when she debuted in the role of Magda in Puccini's La rondine staged by Sarasota Opera in 2008.
Edgar Ernesto Ramirez returned to the Sarasota Opera House on the west coast of Florida, this time as Alfredo Germont and favorite baritone Marco Nistico also returned as Giorgio Germont.
Maestro Victor DeRenzi conducted La traviata twice before at Sarasota Opera, most recently in 1998, and brought an 11-year break plus a fresh approach to this new production.
"I've become much more interested in how the poetry of the text affects what the composer wrote and how the music is interpreted." -- Victor DeRenzi
The audience shouted bravas and bravos as Violetta abandoned pleasure and then gave up her true love.Sarasota Opera presented six performances of Verdi's La traviata with opening night set on Friday, October 30, 2009 followed by additional dates on November 1, 3, 5, 8 and 11, 2009. The production marked the third time the Company staged the opera. The previous productions were seen in 1984 and in 1998.
All three productions count as part of Sarasota Opera's Verdi Cycle.
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About La traviata
The Woman Who Strayed
La traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on the novel La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, published in 1848. The title "La traviata" means literally The Woman Who Strayed, or perhaps more figuratively, The Fallen Woman. It was originally titled Violetta, after the main character.
Piave and Verdi wanted to follow Dumas in giving the opera a contemporary setting, but the authorities at La Fenice insisted that it be set in the past, "c. 1700". It was not until the 1880s that the composer and librettist's original wishes were carried out and "realistic" productions were staged. Holden, Amanda (ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001, p. 995. ISBN 0-140-29312-4
Placido Domingo & Teresa Stratas in La traviata
Sarasota Opera's La traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
* Libretto by Francesca Maria Piave
* Sung in Italian with English supertitles
* Running time: 3 hours
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Blog Posts about Sarasota Opera's La traviata
Audiences filled seats to see woman who strayed
- Florida Travel + Life » Blog Archive » Touring Sarasota's Opera House
- I had a chance to tour the Sarasota Opera House (sarasotaopera.org) recently and even caught a glimpse of a young performer practicing his role in Verdi's La Traviata. One of only a dozen or so opera houses still in the country, ...
- What's New at Sarasota Opera?: Let the rehearsals begin!
- And rehearsals for La traviata begin today! Don't miss it. Performances are October 30, November 3, 5, and 11 at 8 p.m. and November 1 and 8 at 1:30 p.m. Call 941-366-8450, ext. 1 for more info. Posted by Patricia Horwell at 12:27 PM ...
- È tardi!...the Lisbon Traviata: Scena Ultima? (What's Wrong with ...
- Just a comment to DML, the Sarasota Opera House in not closed. It is alive and kicking (after a major renovation in 2008). Coincidentally, at the end of the October, they are performing, La traviata. It's great to hear this Traviata in ...
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- Sarasota Opera's La traviata is Linda Carson's pick of the Week on the Suncoast Scene. Telephone number is incorrect, however. It should be 366-8450. Check out the link! http://www.wwsb.tv/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp? ...
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