La Traviata
(Teatro Lirico d'Europa)
March 22-24, 2004
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
at 7:30pm
$68.50, $56.50, $43.50,
$15
Opera by Giuseppi Verdi
Also playing:
Verdi's Rigoletto
and Mozart's Don Giovanni
Violetta Valery, a Parisian
courtesan in the early 1700s, and Alfredo Germont, a young man from the
provinces, fall deeply in love. They leave the social life of Paris
for the country, but convention catches up with them. Alfredo's father
finds Violetta and convinces her to give up his son so that shame will
not fall upon his family. Violetta obliges Alfredo's father, returns
to Paris and pretends to resume her former life. Alfredo is enraged
because he does not know the real reason behind her actions. His
father finally tells him of Violetta's selfless sacrifice but it is too
late. Alfredo finds Violetta on her deathbed. Her tuberculosis
is in its final stages and she dies in his arms.
Composer -- Giuseppi Verdi
Libretto -- Francesco Maria
Piave after the play
"La dame aux camellias"
by Alexander Dumas
Artistic director -- GIORGIO
LALOV
Stage Director -- Giorgio
Lalov
Conductor -- Krassimir Topolov
Sets and Costumes -- Valenti
Topencharov
Light Designer -- Giorgio
Bajukliev
Cast members:
Marizio Graziani
Nicolai Vishniakov
Sergei Moskalkov
Valery Ivanov
Marina Vyskvorkina
Vesselina Vassileva
Alexi Ivanov
Elena Marinova
Hristo Sarafov
Appropriate for ages 14 and
above
March 22-24, 2004
At Majestic Theatre.
$68.50, $56.50, $43.50,
$15
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"What makes this company
so worth seeing year after year is that its priorities are always right.
Opera exists to melt our hearts - and Teatro Lirico does just that." BOSTON
PHOENIX - Lloyd Schwartz - April 2004
Teatro Lirico d'Europa
has become the vendor of choice for traveling opera in this area.
No one else comes near the approximation of grand opera on the road than
this 16-year-old company. As fine a vocal production as any regional
opera company, a chorus so textured, rich and precise should be the envy
of most American companies and the sets are a cut above the typical traveling
fare. The large and even sounding orchestra made all the difference.
-- NEWARK STAR LEDGER - Willa Conrad - Feb. 2003
This traditional Italian
version of Verdi's opera is sung in Italian with English supertitles and
features full orchestra and chorus and international soloists from Europe
and the USA. This is a brand new production making its USA debut.
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