Preview
- 6:30 PM (Sunday 1 PM)PreOpera
- 7:30 PM (Sunday 2 PM)Start
Summary
How far would you go, in the name of love? La Traviata, one of Verdi's – and of the entire repertoire's – most popular operas, introduces us to a kind of love both unbridled and doomed. Set in Paris in the 1920s, the incredible story of the courtesan Violetta is reimagined through a jazz-age entertainer who has taken the city by storm. Proving that we are never bound to a single path, nor to a single journey.
SELF-LOVE WILL NEVER BREAK YOUR HEART
Courtesan Violetta lives her life in a self-indulgent, proud, almost arrogant way. Until the very day when her eyes and her heart are cast on the young Alfredo, who comes from a prominent family. Ready to give up everything to fullfill their passionate romance, one they both believe they deserve, the couple challenges the beliefs and standards of their time.
PREOPERA
To all ticket holders: a free pre-concert presentation with Michel Marc Bouchard (librettist) will take place one hour before each performance at the Piano Nobile in Place des Arts.
Moderator : Pierre Vachon, musicologue
Cast
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Conductor
Jordan de Souza
Canada
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Violetta Valéry
Talise Trevigne
USA
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Alfredo Germont
Rame Lahaj
Kosovo
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Giorgio Germont
James Westman
Canada
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Flora Bervoix
Ilanna Starr
Canadian-American
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Marquis d'Obigny
Geoffrey Schellenberg
United States
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Gastone
Angelo Moretti
Canadien-Italien
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Annina
Chelsea Kolić
Croatian-Canadian
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Baron Douphol
Mikelis Rogers
Latvian-Canadian
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Doctor Grenvil
Jean-Philippe Mc Clish
Canada
ORCHESTRE MÉTROPOLITAIN
CHOEUR DE L'OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL
SETS & COSTUMES Christina Poddobiuk / LIGHTING Kevin Lamotte / PRODUCTION Edmonton Opera, Manitoba Opera, Vancouver Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria, Opéra de Montréal