La Traviata

La Traviata at London Coliseum

Why see La Traviata?

Perhaps he is the one

One of the very best in the repertoire, Verdi's La Traviata is a sweeping love story set against the backdrop of decadent Paris high society where the celebrated courtesan Violetta eschews her wealthy suitors for the simple life with poor Alfredo. In this sumptuous production from the ENO, our heroine is portrayed by Nicole Chevalier, opposite Jose Simerilla Romero as her besotted suitor Alfredo.

What is the story?

As one of the most beautiful courtesans of Paris, the alluring Violetta has many admirers but has let none of her wealthy suitors near her heart, preferring their generosity with their wallets to their baser attentions. It is in this world she meets Alfredo, a handsome yet penniless member of the bourgeois who wins her love and whisks her away to a countryside idyll in the hope of escaping her past life. Can their passion survive the reality of poverty, reputation and illness, or will everything they have fought to flee overwhelm the strongest emotion of them all?

Key Information

Audience

Suitable for ages 12+

Dates

Finished 12 Nov 2023

Cast

Elizabeth Zharoff as Violetta

Ben Johnson as Alfredo

Anthony Michaels-Moore as Giorgio Germon

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