La Traviata - Giuseppe Verdi

The National Theatre

Premiere: 21st Februar 1998

Musical preparation and conductor: Oliver Dohnányi
Director: Petr Novotný
Stage design: Ivo Žídek
Costumes: Irena Greifová
Preparation of the Choir: Milan Malý
Chorus master: Pavel Vaněk

Libuše: Eva Urbanová
Přemysl of Stadice: Martin Bárta
Chrudoš from Otava: Luděk Vele
Šťáhlav on Radbuza: Valentin Prolat
Lutobor of Dobroslavský Chlumec: Miloslav Podskalský
Radovan of Kamen Most: Roman Janál
Krasava: Helena Kaupová / Jitka Svobodová
Radmila: Kateřina Jalovcová / Karla Bytnarová
1st andermen: Kateřina Kněžíková / Lívia Obručník Vénosová / Yukiko Šrejmová Kinjo
2nd andermen: Jitka Soběhartová / Lucie Hájková
3rd andermen: Stanislava Jirků
4th andermen: Václav Lemberk
Orchestra, Choir and Ballet of the National Theatre Opera

The operatic story loosely based on Dumas’s novel La Dame aux Camélias about the sick courtesan Violetta and her vain desire to extricate herself from the conventions of society has been tugging at audiences’ heartstrings for more than 150 years. Verdi’s moving music romantically idealises Violetta’s ill-fated love for Alfredo and addresses the spectator not only with its theatrical eff ectiveness but also, and primarily, profound and emotive lyrics.

Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes
The opera is staged in the Italian original version and Czech and English surtitles are used in the performance