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La traviata

New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House1-1-1 Honmachi Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 151-0071, Japan
Dates/times in Tokyo time zone
Thursday 16 May 202419:00
Sunday 19 May 202414:00
Wednesday 22 May 202414:00
Saturday 25 May 202414:00
Wednesday 29 May 202414:00
Programme
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)La traviataLibretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Performers
New National Theatre
Francesco LanzillottaConductor
Vincent BoussardDirector, Costume Designer
Vincent LemaireSet Designer
Guido LeviLighting Designer
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
New National Theatre Chorus
Eri NakamuraSopranoVioletta Valéry
Riccardo Della SciuccaTenorAlfredo Germont
Gustavo CastilloBaritoneGiorgio Germont
Yuki SugiyamaMezzo-sopranoFlora Bervoix
Kyosuke KanayamaTenorGastone de Letorières
Hiroyuki NaritaBaritoneBaron Douphol
Kei KondoBass-baritoneMarquis d'Obigny
Masumi KubotaBassDr Grenvil

La Traviata is set in the world of Parisian high society. This popular opera tells the story of the courtesan, Violetta Valéry: her loves and her sad fate. It is based on the dramatic adaptation of the romantic novel, "La Dame aux Camélias" by Alexandre Dumas fils, modeled by the author on the high-class mistress, Marie Duplessis. Giuseppe Verdi then took the story, making its heroine a contemporary woman, and writing an innovative opera in which he raised the role of the music itself to that of expressing the story's emotions. Starting with "Libiamo ne' lieti calici", which has become a well-known, staple tune of gala concerts, the work features numerous other famous songs, such as Violetta's most technically demanding aria, "Ah, fors'è lui-sempre libera", in the prelude foretelling tragedy, and Germont's "Di Provenza il mar, il suol".

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