1 August 2024, 9PM: Soirée OPERA: Verdi’s La Traviata (first performance, Seillans, open air – bring a picnic!)
Thursday 1 August, 21:00
La nouvelle scène de l'ancienne Gare de Seillans (en plein air), Seillans
£5.00 – £34.00
La nouvelle scène de l’ancienne Gare de Seillans la Gare, Seillans (open air) – see “Ghost Train” video about the old Central Var rail line| Verdi’s LA TRAVIATA | Rebecca Hardwick, Violetta | Aidan Coburn, Alfredo Germond | Peter Lidbetter, Giorgio Germond | Jessica Hopkins, Flora/Annina | Will Harris, Gastone | Rebecca Taylor – Piano | A delightful semi-staged production with soloists and piano! ! | Translating to ‘The Fallen Woman’, La traviata is a tragic tale about Parisian courtesan, Violetta, who attempts to leave the life she knows behind, in an attempt to finally find true love
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La nouvelle scène de l'ancienne Gare de Seillans la Gare, Seillans (open air) - see "Ghost Train" video about the old Central Var rail line
Verdi’s LA TRAVIATA
Rebecca Hardwick, Violetta
Aidan Coburn, Alfredo Germond
Peter Lidbetter, Giorgio Germond
Jessica Hopkins, Flora/Annina
Will Harris, Gastone
Rebecca Taylor, piano
Why not bring a little picnic to enjoy with your friends between arias?! And imagine the old station and rail line in Verdi's era in this new setting for open-air performance in Seillans!
La Traviata is probably one of Verdi’s most popular works and perhaps one of the world's favourite operas. First, there is the libretto, which is delightfully melodramatic. Secondly, the music is simple and effective, admirably designed in its effects and theatrical in the most positive sense of the word. Finally, there are its themes, which were very popular in the 19th century, redemption through true love and fate, linked in this case to the image of a courtesan, a woman gone astray – a theme that introduces an eminently modern and romantic note to the drama. Violetta is a heroin straight out of a novel. What is moving about La Traviata is this focus on a single character, who carries the weight of the world on her shoulders, the raw power of her singing, her obsessive presence, her death for the sake of love and her agony written in the music. Verdi's La Traviata, 1853
A delightful semi-staged production with soloists and piano!