La Traviata

Melodrama in three acts | Text by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the novel "The Lady of the Camellias" by Alexandre Dumas | In Italian with German surtitles

Duration: 2 1/2 hours | 1 intermission | ages 15 and up

Love, jealousy and death. What more do you need for a successful evening at the opera? Not much, say Andreas Homoki and his stage designer Frank Philipp Schlößmann. Their production of Giuseppe Verdi's cult opera is reduced to the essentials so that what really counts comes to the fore: great emotions and great music.

The celebrated but terminally ill courtesan Violetta Valéry unexpectedly falls in love with Alfredo Gérmont. Can this relationship exist outside the strict social conventions of the 19th century? What sacrifices does Violetta have to make? Giuseppe Verdi set Alexandre Dumas the Younger's story to immortal music that goes straight to the heart and is never morally judgmental.