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La traviata

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La traviata

Playing period

14 - 20. March

Place

Grieghallen

Playing time

2t 40 min

Tickets

150 - 900 kr

Giuseppe Verdis La traviata er en av operalitteraturens mest populære verk, med en gripende historie og uforglemmelig musikk.

Giuseppe Verdi was once asked which of his own operas he liked best. ‘As a professional musician, Rigoletto,’ he replied. ‘But as an dilettante, I would choose La traviata above all.’ La traviata is the most moving, human and strikingly modern not only of Verdi’s operas, but of any from the period - the realist story of a downtrodden female victim of powerful men which hit as many nerves when it was first performed in 1853 as it continues to today.

Much of that is down to Verdi’s unrivalled musical storytelling -from the driving waltzes that propel the score forward with a sense of Parisian excess, to his sympathetic drawing of the opera’s heroine Violetta, the story’s only truly sympathetic human being. As Silvia Camerini has observed, Verdi portrays her ‘with profound subtlety, generosity and love and then tears her apart to the sound of champagne corks popping.’

A new production by Bergen National Opera
Presented by Bergen National Opera in collaboration with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Edvard Grieg Choirs

Photo: Kristina Mkhitaryan has the role of Violetta Valéry. Picture by Diana Guledani

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14/03 Saturday 18.00
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16/03 Monday 19.00
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18/03 Wednesday 19.00
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20/03 Friday 19.00
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