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    La traviata

     

    2009 Sarasota Opera Production

    October 30, November 1m, 3, 5, 8, 11m

     

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    Melodramma In Three Acts, Sung In Italian
    Libretto By Francesco Maria Piave
    Based On The Play La Dame aux camélias By Alexandre Dumas, fils

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    Conductor

    Victor DeRenzi


    Stage Director

    Martha Collins


    Scenic Designer

    David Gano


    Costume Coordinator

    Howard Tsvi Kaplan


    Lighting Designer

    Ken Yunker


    Wigs And Make-Up Designer

    Georgianna Eberhard


    Chorus Master

    Roger L. Bingaman


    Assistant Conductors

    Kristen Kemp, Gary Casity


    Surtitle Supplier

    Words For Music


    Surtitle Translator

    Victor DeRenzi

     

     

    Cast

     

    Violetta Valery

    Lina Tetriani


    Flora Bervoix

    Alissa Anderson*


    Annina

    Joanna Nelson Gates*


    Alfredo Germont

    Edgar Ernesto Ramírez


    Giorgio Germont, his father

    Marco Nisticò


    Gastone, Viscount of Letorières

    Alex Richardson*


    Baron Douphol

    Evan Brummel*


    Marquis d’Obigny

    Jonathan Moots*


    Doctor Grenvil

    Benjamin Gelfand*


    Giuseppe, Violetta’s servant

    Brandon Snook**


    A Messenger

    Christopher Filipowicz**


    Flora’s Servant

    Samus Haddad**

     

    * Studio Artist

    **Apprentice Artist

     

    Sarasota Orchestra
    Chorus: Sarasota Opera Apprentice & Studio Artists

     

     

    Reviews

     

     

    "This was probably the most complete version of this great romantic tragedy you will ever hear." 

     

    "this was a resplendent “Traviata,” filled with beautiful singing and exceptional orchestral playing. "

     

    "The music is glorious, the orchestra first-rate, and the singers excellent."

    - June LeBell, YourObserver

     

    "None of this transformation would have been possible had it not been for incisive conducting of our Verdi expert, Victor DeRenzi, superb playing by the Sarasota Orchestra, and the fine singing provided by Studio Artists and Apprentices in minor roles and as the chorus, well guided by Stage Director Martha Collins. "

    - Richard Storm, Herald-Tribune

     

    "Sarasota Opera, under artistic director Victor De Renzi, is a Verdi house — the company is more than halfway through its epic commitment to stage all of the composer's operas — and it brings tremendous expertise to La Traviata, which opened Friday night. There were marvelously lusty choruses and excellent principal singers, especially baritone Marco Nistico as Alfredo's father, Germont. De Renzi conducted the Sarasota Orchestra, filling the pit with almost 60 players, and Martha Collins directed the handsome, traditional production."

    - John Fleming, Tampa Bay

     

    (Photos: Rod Millington / Sarasota Opera)

     

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