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    La traviata

     

    1998 Sarasota Opera Production

    February 7, 10, 15, 20, 25, 28, March 5, 8, 13, 19, 22

     

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    Melodramma In Three Acts, Sung In Italian
    Poetry 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

    Darko Tresnjak


    Scenic Designer

    David P. Gordon


    Costume Designer

    Howard Tsvi Kaplan


    Lighting Designer

    Barry Steele


    Wigs And Make-Up Designer

    Elsen Associates


    Chorus Preparation

    Elizabeth Hastings


    Assistant Conductor

    John Di Costanzo

     

    Choreographer

    Christopher Fleming


    Surtitle Supplier

    Words For Music


    Surtitle Translator

    Victor DeRenzi

     

    New Production Created By Sarasota Opera

     

     

    Cast

     

    Violetta Valéry

    Suzanne Balaes


    Flora Bervoix

    Svetlana Furdui


    Annina

    Kathryn Moore*


    Alfredo Germont

    Paul Hartfield


    Giorgio Germont, his father

    David Templeton


    Gastone, Viscount of Letorieres

    Georges Nolen*


    Barone Douphol

    Stephen Eisenhard


    Marquis D’Obigny

    Vito DeFilippo*


    Doctor Grenvil

    Shawn Roy


    Giuseppe, Violetta's servant

    Dennis Delgado**


    A Messenger

    Isaac Miller**


    Dancers

    Nina Rauch, Beth Beasley

     

    * Studio Artist

    ** Apprentice Artist

     

    Sarasota Opera Orchestra
    Chorus: Sarasota Opera Apprentices

     

     

    Reviews

     

     

    “The voices of the whole company are strong—as is the acting.”
    —Cari Johnson, Sarasota Arts

     

    “Rousing Traviata opens opera season… sumptuous opening night.”
    —Florence Fisher, Sarasota Herald Tribune

     

    “A superlative production, a fresh look at a welcome favorite.”
    —Herman Baar, The Longboat Observer

     

    “A gloriously glamorous production of Verdi’s La traviata”
    —Kenneth Blount, Venice Gondolier

     

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