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Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901). Opera in three acts. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on the novel La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils. Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris.
In this new production of La Traviata at the Opéra national de Paris produced by Christophe Marthaler with Ana Viebrock‘s designs, the juxtaposition of the nineteenth- century glamour of the Palais Garnier and Violetta’s terminal tragedy offered plenty of scope for a contemporary designer, but Viebrock took her gloomy visual inspira- tion from the former Kulturhaus in Karl-Marx-Stadt, now Chemnitz. This functional piece of Communist architecture, with suspended neon lights, featured a useful stage area for Alfredo’s offstage lines in Act I, a workshop and laundry in Act II, and finally Violetta’s death bed. Marthaler sees Violetta as an Edith Piaf-like figure, a variety sin- ger who lived excessively and died a physical ruin but an iconic myth.
Christine Schäfer (Violetta Valéry), Helene Schneiderman (Flora Bervoix), Michèle Lagrange (Annina), Jonas Kaufmann (Alfredo Germon), José Van Dam (Giorgio Germont), Ales Briscein (Gastone), Michael Drulett (Il Barone Douphol), Igor Gnidii (Il Marchese d’Obigny), Nicolas Testé (Dottor Grenvil), Gzregorz staskiewicz (Giuseppe), Slawomir Szychowiak (Domestico), Shin Jae Kim (Commissionario), Raphael Clamer (Un homme).
Director : Christoph Marthaler, Set designs : Anna Viebrock, Costume designs : Anna Viebrock and Dorothee Curio, Lighting designer : Jennifer Tipton
Italian
French
Production compagny : Telmondis
Coproduction compagny : Opera national de Paris, France 2.
Running Time : 1x140’
Production Year : 2007
Distribution compagny : Telmondis distribution
Video Format : HDCAM, Digibeta 16/9, Digibeta 4/3 Letterbox.