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Arena di Verona, Arena
31 Jul 2026, Fri
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9:15 PM
The world’s best loved and most-performed opera in the world, La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, will open the 103rd Arena Festival. New emotions, same magic: Violetta’s story is back to move ...
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast:
Michele Spotti,
Chorus of the Arena di Verona,
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La Traviata
Premiere of this production:
06 March 1853,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
ACT I
Violetta Valéry is giving a reception at her luxurious flat in Paris. She is a high-class kept woman,
protected by Baron Duphol. Not only is she beautiful, but her sensitivity and fragility add to her charm. In the midst of the dancing, she is presented to an admirer, Alfred Germont a young man of an excellent family. He dedicates a toast to her and invites her to dance but Violetta ... Read More
La Traviata
Opera
31 Jul 2026, Fri
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9:15 PM
Passion, power, and tragedy come vividly to life as Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca takes the stage at the Puccini Festival 2026. Performed in the evocative setting of the Teatro all'aperto Giacomo ...
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast:
Vittorio Grigolo,
Sonya Yoncheva,
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Tosca
Premiere of this production:
14 January 1900,
Teatro Costanzi, Rome
Act 1
Inside the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
Scene depicting a church interior with high stained-glass windows and heavy ornamental columns. The central figure is a high dignatory around whom several figures are kneeling, while in the background can be seen the tall pikes of the Swiss Guard.
Cesare Angelotti, former consul of the Roman Republic and now an escaped political prisoner, ru ... Read More
Tosca
Opera
31 Jul 2026, Fri
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9:15 PM
With its spectacular setting, the Seebühne transforms into a mirror of a world in which a woman is broken by love. Under the musical direction of Kirill Karabits and Pietro Rizzo, both making the...
Cast:
Wiener Symphoniker,
Bregenzer Festspielchor,
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La traviata
Premiere of this production:
06 March 1853,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Set in and around Paris in about 1850.
Act I
Violetta Valéry, a Parisian courtesan, greets the guests at her salon. Among them are Flora Bervoix, the Marchese D’Obigny, Baron Douphol and Gastone, who introduces Violetta to a new admirer of hers, Alfredo Germont. The young Germont, who has been admiring her from afar, joins her in a drinking song. An orchestra strikes up in an adjace ... Read More
La traviata
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