The Wolf Trap Opera Company, the National Symphony Orchestra and the Washington Chorus join forces for this new production, sung in Italian with English supertitles. Approximate running time 3 hours

A Pre-Performance Discussion by Lee Anne Myslewski, Director, Artistic Administration, Wolf Trap Opera & Classical Programming will be offered one hour before performance time. More information here

Glorious music fills Verdi’s most popular opera, a poignant love story about a woman who gives up her world to live for love. The Wolf Trap Opera Company and the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Grant Gershon, celebrate Verdi’s bicentennial birthday with a new Operascape production. Directed by José Maria Condemi, the production features a video projection design by Aaron Rhyne developed for the Filene Center.

This ageless story touches on some of our most basic desires and fears in a deeply profound way, subtly underscored by Verdi’s genius. First performed in Venice in 1853, La traviata caused a sensation because of its immoral subject, but today it is one of the world’s most frequently performed operas.

Synopsis

CAST
Violetta Valéry – Corinne Winters
Alfredo Germont – Benjamin Bliss
Giorgio Germont – Nicholas Pallesen
with
Annina – Courtney Johnson
Flora Bervoix – Alexandra Rodrick
Gastone – Miles Mykkanen
Giuseppe – Brandon Russell
Baron Douphol – Harry Greenleaf
Marquis d’Obigny – Brian Vu
Doctor Grenville – Nicholas Brownlee

PRODUCTION
Conductor – Grant Gershon
Director – José Maria Condemi
Projections Design – Aaron Rhyne
Costume Design – Anka Lupes
Lighting Design – Mark Stanley