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La traviata, one of Verdi's best-known titles, takes to the stage of the Teatro Real in Willy Decker's iconic production. A passionate love story that happens in Paris between Violetta, a courtesan, and Alfredo. Their happiness is threatened by society and Violetta's tuberculosis, which ends up killing her.
Live in June 2025.
Opera in three acts
Music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1883)
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas Jr
Premiered at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice on 6 March 1853
Premiered at the Teatro Real on 1 February 1855
Produced by the Dutch National Opera & Ballet
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real
Artistic team
Conductor: Henrik Nánási
Stage direction: Willy Decker
Set design and costumes: Wolfgang Gusmann
Costumes: Susana Mendoza
Lighting: Hans Toelstede
Choreography: Athol John Farmer
Replacement of set design: Thomas Bruner
Chorus master: José Luis Basso
