Verdi's LA TRAVIATA, presented by Opera Company of Middlebury

Description

Pre-performance talks are held one hour before each show in the new wing at Town Hall Theater. These talks are free and open to all ticket holders.

Stage director Douglas Anderson sets the opera in the 1920s, casting Violetta as a contemporary woman taking control of her life and refusing to be hemmed in by social norms or the men surrounding her. The Roaring Twenties were a pivotal time when women challenged convention. "They broke every taboo," says Anderson, "wearing short skirts, cutting their hair, drinking and smoking in public. They wanted to shock the world out of its Victorian complacency."

Traviata contains some of the most profound, moving and heartfelt music ever composed and continues to reveal new depths each time you return to it.

Orchestra conducted by Maestro Filippo Ciabatti.

Sung in Italian with English supertitles.

Visit the OCM website at ocmvermont.org for more information about the opera, bios of the singers and music listening suggestions.