Los September 7th and 8thin it Santa Rosa Spanish TheatrePampa Cultural Association will present the most acclaimed opera of all time: “LA TRAVIATA”by the brilliant Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, based on the book “The Lady of the Camellias” by Alexandre Dumas.
To bring this beautiful love story to life in Paris in 1860, the Association has called together an outstanding cast of lyrical soloists from the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, choir, ballet and orchestra, all under the baton of Maestro Facundo Sacco. The piano performance will be in charge of Gabriela Battipede, Opera Training Teacher at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. The stage direction will be by the experienced reggisieur Boris Laures and the original set design by Alejandro Villá.
Important information: all the original costumes for this wonderful opera will come from the Teatro Argentino de La Plata, who will thus collaborate with this great cultural project.
The work will also have (as always in all productions of Asociación Cultural Pampa) a Spanish subtitle system since it will be performed in its original language, Italian.
Las Tickets are on sale now at the Teatro Español box office or through its official ticket office
From the work:
“La Traviata” tells the story of Violetta Valery, a courtesan and protégé of Baron Douphol, in Paris in 1860. Seriously ill with tuberculosis, she lives a life of luxury but has never known true love. At one of the parties she hosts for the Parisian aristocracy, she meets Alfredo Germont, a young man from a good family who assures her that he has loved her for a long time. She refuses to accept him, but finally gives in to her first genuine love.
They move together to the countryside where they are happy for a few months until Alfredo’s father, Giorgio, visits her to demand that she abandon her son. He reproaches her for being a courtesan and he, a man of good family. Finally, with her heart broken, Violetta agrees to abandon Alfredo, asking in exchange that when she dies, he tells her of the sacrifice she made for love.
In order to get Alfredo to go away, she goes to a party with her former lover, Baron Douphol. Alfredo, upon learning of this, goes to the same party and, overcome with jealousy, offends her in front of all the guests and challenges the Baron to a duel. In the final act, Violetta lies dying on her bed. She has received a letter from Alfredo’s father telling her that the duel took place and the Baron was injured. She has also told Alfredo the whole truth about what happened. Alfredo, who was away on a trip, runs into her arms to ask for forgiveness.
Upon arriving and finding her in that state, he swears eternal love to her and dreams of a life together in the countryside, where everything will be happiness, but Violetta dies in his arms.
From the list:
Violetta Valery ………… Cecynés Peralta
Alfredo Germont …….. Francisco Morales
George Germont …….. Norberto Crespi
Flora ………………………. Mariana Artaza
Annina ……………… Elizabeth Steinbrunn
Gaston ……………………. Pablo Scaiola
Barón Douphol ………… Leonardo Menna
Dr. Grenvil ………………. Federico Rodriguez Salcedo
The La Pampa Opera Choir will also participate under the direction of Prof. Agustina Bria and the “Noemí Chejolan” Classical Dance Ballet directed by Prof. Belen Echenique.
The staging of “La Traviata” is sponsored by the Provincial Secretariat of Culture and the Secretariat of Culture and Education of the Municipality of Santa Rosa.
