In a triumphant return to her home city, Melbourne-born soprano Stacey Alleaume will make her main-stage debut as Parisian courtesan Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata, this May at Arts Centre Melbourne.
Raise your glass, bat your lashes, it’s Paris in the salons and you’re the life of this party. He’s staring at you, he’s singing for you...Are you tempted?
Violetta wears velvet and lace and drinks only the finest champagne from crystal glasses. Her parties are legendary, her company desired. She’s free and freespirited, living outside society’s bounds, and for the courtesan, it seems like the party will never end. Could a little love really change everything?
La Traviata is so popular because it puts a life we can only dream of on stage, with its risqué glamour, joys and sorrows.
Verdi’s music sings of freedom with flying melodies, makes merry with rousing drinking songs and leaves us with passionate duets between breaking hearts.
This production by Elijah Moshinsky is one of Opera Australia's most successful, featuring lush party scenes in Paris and beautiful autumn afternoons in the countryside.
Lavish sets and exquisite costumes combined with Verdi’s famous score offer the perfect way to experience opera for the first time, or the chance to revisit a favourite with an exciting new cast.
Home-grown talent Stacey Alleaume is rapidly gaining international recognition. Here, she reprises her role as Violetta after a stunning season in Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour.
2hrs 40min (inc interval)
4th May, 2022
28th May, 2022
The venue is wheelchair accessible. An Assistive Hearing system is available. Assistance Animals are welcome in all areas of Arts Centre Melbourne and water bowls are available on request.
GETTING TO THE VENUE
BY CAR: The Arts Centre Melbourne undercover car park is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The car park entrance is located at 4 Sturt Street. It is housed underneath the Theatres Building – a 5 minute walk (outside) to Hamer Hall or a 10 minute walk along St Kilda Rd to Sidney Myer Music Bowl. The car park is a cash-free facility, so please make sure you have a valid credit or debit card before entering.
BY TRAIN: The closest train station to all venues is Flinders Street Station. Exit the station onto Swanston Street, turn your back on the city and walk across Princes Bridge.
BY TRAM: The tram routes that stop in front of Arts Centre Melbourne are: 1, 3, 3a, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67 and 72. This stop is number 14 – “Arts Precinct"
BY BICYCLE: Bicycle lanes run north and south along St Kilda Road. On-street bicycle hoops are available outside Hamer Hall and the Theatres Building (under the Spire)
CONDUCTOR: Renato Palumbo
DIRECTOR: Elijah Moshinsky
REVIVAL DIRECTOR: Constantine Costi
CHOREOGRAPHER: Matthew Barclay
CAST:
VIOLETTA VALÉRY: Stacey Alleaume
ALFREDO GERMONT: Ho-Yoon Chung
GIORGIO GERMONT: Mario Cassi
FLORA BERVOIX: Celeste Haworth
GASTONE: Iain Henderson
BARON DOUPHOL: Alexander Sefton
MARQUIS D’OBIGNY: Andrew Moran
DOCTOR GRENVIL: Richard Anderson
ANNINA: Danita Weatherstone
GIUSEPPE: Jin Tea Kim
MESSENGER: Jonathan McCauley
SERVANT: Malcolm Ede
Opera Australia Chorus
Orchestra Victoria
Unfortunately, tickets for this event are no longer available.
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