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La Traviata

Glasgow, UK. 17.10.2017. Scottish Opera presents La Traviata, at the Theatre Royal Glasgow from October 19th, before touring to Aberdeen, Inverness and Edinburgh from November 2nd. This production is directed by Marie Lambert (original director is Sir David McVicar), with design by Tanya McCallin and lighting design by Stephen Powles (original lighting design by Jennifer Tipton). The cast is: Gulnara Shafigullina/ Anush Hovhannisyan (Violetta Valéry), Peter Gijsbertsen (Alfredo Germont), Stephen Gadd (Giorgio Germont), Laura Zigmantaite (Flora Bervoix), Simon Thorpe (Baron Douphol), Christopher Turner (Gastone), Alex Otterburn (Marchese D’Obigny), James Platt (Doctor Grenvil), Catherine Backhouse (Annina). Photograph © Jane Hobson.

La Traviata is the quintessential opera. It has scandalous liaisons, star-crossed lovers and a heroine slowly wasting away of consumption only to die in her lover’s arms, all set against the lavish backdrop of 1850’s Paris. It’s a beautiful piece of theatre about loss and death, and the Scottish Opera has done it justice brilliantly. […]

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La Traviata Unwrapped – A preview of things to come

Glasgow, UK. 17.10.2017. Scottish Opera presents La Traviata, at the Theatre Royal Glasgow from October 19th, before touring to Aberdeen, Inverness and Edinburgh from November 2nd. This production is directed by Marie Lambert (original director is Sir David McVicar), with design by Tanya McCallin and lighting design by Stephen Powles (original lighting design by Jennifer Tipton). The cast is: Gulnara Shafigullina/ Anush Hovhannisyan (Violetta Valéry), Peter Gijsbertsen (Alfredo Germont), Stephen Gadd (Giorgio Germont), Laura Zigmantaite (Flora Bervoix), Simon Thorpe (Baron Douphol), Christopher Turner (Gastone), Alex Otterburn (Marchese D’Obigny), James Platt (Doctor Grenvil), Catherine Backhouse (Annina). Photograph © Jane Hobson.

La Traviata Unwrapped opens the curtains a moment too soon, giving the audience a rare glimpse into the action behind the glittering world of the opera, as stage hands place chairs, light candles, and help the singers into place, while the orchestra plays the prelude. The unwrapped evening gives a look at the logistics of […]