Libretto:
Francesco Maria Piave,
based on the novel Lady of the Camelias by Alexandre Dumas, fils
Premiere:
Teatro la Fenice, Venice, March 1853
Conductor:
David Effron
Stage Director:
Tito Capobianco
Designer:
C. David Higgins
Chorus Master:
William Jon Gray
Italian Diction Coach:
Christian Capocaccia
Lighting Designer:
Michael Schwandt
Assistant Director:
A. Scott Parry
Stage Manager:
Brett Finley
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THE 400TH PRODUCTION OF IU OPERA THEATER
The Scandal of Paris!
Based on a true-life experience of novelist Alexandre Dumas himself, this “affair to remember” kind of opera depicts Violetta Valery, a beautiful Parisian courtesan, unexpectedly finding love with a middle-class young man, Alfredo Germont.
Their affair is the scandal of Paris, and all too soon society and a fatal disease conspire against the lovers. Surrender yourself to
an evening of sumptuous music, pageantry, and romance.
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
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IU Opera Theater launches 60th anniversary season with 19th-century love story "La Traviata"
Indiana University's Opera Theater kicks off its fall season, the first production in the 60th anniversary season and the 400th overall production, with Giuseppe Verdi's widely loved -- and once scandalous -- cross-class romance La Traviata. The opera is staged by noted director Tito Capobianco, a well-known, colorful figure who spent years working with Luciano Pavarotti and was general manager and artistic director of the prestigious Pittsburgh Opera. Full Story
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