2024 / AROP evening / Opera

08 Feb.

La Traviata

Opéra Bastille

19h30

Duration

3h05

Dress Cocktail attire

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1st part

19h30

Intermission cocktail

20h05

2nd part

20h25

Intermission cocktail

21h35

3rd part

21h55

End of the performance

22h35

Who is La Traviata? For Australian director Simon Stone, whose talent for updating the classics is well-known, Violetta is not the demi-mondaine who sells her body, as in Alexandre Dumas fils La Dame aux camélias, the inspiration for Verdi's opera. She is a social network star who markets her image and her digital advice with posts, selfies and stories. Alas! This hyper-connected world does not prevent the beauty, as in the 19^th century, from having to sacrifice her love for Alfredo on the altar of social conventions. This contemporary reading is in keeping with Verdi's intentions. Whilst composing a feverish and virtuoso score, the composer criticises the brutality of a society of appearances, a machine that crushes individualities. Especially in the case of women aspiring to be free: isn't “Sempre libera”, Violetta's most famous aria, the banner of this opera?