Royal Opera House: La Traviata (2019)
Live from the Royal Opera House
6.0(1)2h 25mJanuary 30, 2019
Ross MacGibbon
Director
Francesco Maria Piave
Writer
Rate
Diary
Overview
Alfredo Germont and the courtesan Violetta Valéry fall in love at a party in Violetta's Paris salon. Alfredo is determined to cure Violetta of her tuberculosis, and the couple leave Paris and begin a contented life in the country. But Violetta's happiness is destroyed when Alfredo's father Giorgio Germont pays her a visit. Richard Eyre's stunning naturalistic production contrasts the superficial glamour of 19th-century Parisian high life with intimate scenes for Violetta with Alfredo and Giorgio Germont, culminating in the heart-breaking final act.
