La Traviata

Opera in Three Acts
By Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after the play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils.
In Italian with English SurTitles™
April 30, May 3, 5, 7, 10, 12 2011

Conductor - Jacques Lacombe
Director - Sir Jonathan Miller

CAST IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE

Violetta Valéry, a courtesan - Erin Wall
Flora Bervoix, her friend - Barbara Towell
Marchese d’Obigny - Stephen Hegedus
Baron Douphol - Benjamin Covey
Doctor Grenvil - Giles Tomkins
Gastone de Letorières, a young man about town - Sam Chung
Alfredo Germont - David Pomeroy
Annina, Violetta’s maid - Melanie Krueger
Giuseppe, servant to Violetta - John Arsenault
Giorgio Germont, his father - James Westman
Messenger - Willy Miles-Grenzberg
Flora’s Servant - Ian Funk

With the Vancouver Opera Chorus as ladies and gentlemen, servants, dancers and guests and the Vancouver Opera Orchestra.

Associate Conductor / Chorus Director - Leslie Dala
Associate Director / Original Choreography - Elena Araoz
Scenic & Costume Designer - Isabella Bywater
Lighting Designer - Robert Wierzel
Wig Designer - Stacey Butterworth
Musical Preparation - Kinza Tyrrell, Angus Kellett
Stage Manager - Sheila Munn
Assistant Lighting Designer - Bradley King
Second Assistant Lighting Designer - Julie Martens
English SurTitle™ Translations - Kelly Rourke
The performance will last approximately 2 hours and 35 minutes. There will be one intermission.

First performed at Teatro la Fenice, Venice, 06 March 1853.
First performed at Vancouver Opera 1961

Sets and Costumes courtesy of Glimmerglass Opera.