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Illustration einer Frau mit dunklem Haar, umgeben von großen rosa Lotusblumen mit gelben SamenständenNicolas Party, Portrait with Lotus Flowers, 2024, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth; Foto: Adam Reich

La traviata

Giuseppe Verdi

Events & Tickets

PREMIERE 
Wed 22 July 2026 – 9.15 p.m.
Seebühne

DURATION
2 hours (no intermission) 

About

In a rushing sea of champagne, dance, and elegance, Violetta Valéry revels in the vibrant life of Parisian society. Yet behind the glittering façade lies a woman whose heart longs for more than glamour and pleasure. When the young Alfredo Germont enters her world, a different life seems within reach – one built on love and sincerity. But in a society where money and reputation reign supreme, there is little room for true feelings.

With La traviata, Giuseppe Verdi created an opera of poignant beauty – with moving arias, compelling choral scenes, and an orchestral sound that makes the longing and drama of this tragic love story palpable in every note. For the new production at the Bregenzer Festspiele, the international renowned Italian director Damiano Michieletto sets the story in the dazzling world of the Roaring Twenties. Inspired by the glamorous spirit of the Gatsby era, he places ’the fallen woman’ in a glittering world of limitless desire, where everything is allowed – except true love. Violetta moves between jazz clubs and decadent soirées, between a thirst for life and the fragility of existence, until she is faced with a decision that will forever seal her fate.

Melodramma in three acts (1853)

Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

La Dame aux camélias and the stage adaption of the same name
by Alexandre Dumas dem Jüngeren

Sung in Italian with German and English surtitles

Cast

Conductor
Kirill Karabits, Pietro Rizzo

Stage Director
Damiano Michieletto

Stage Designer
Paolo Fantin

Costume Designer
Carla Teti

Lighting Designer
Alessandro Carletti

Choreography
Thomas Wilhelm 

Sound
Alwin Bösch, Clemens Wannemacher

 


Violetta Valéry
Stacey Alleaume, Julia Muzychenko, Marjukka Tepponen

Alfredo Germont
Julien Behr, Long Long, Jose Simerilla Romero

Giorgio Germont
Audun Iversen, Kostas Smoriginas, Vladimir Stoyanov

Gastone
Andrew Kim, Taylan Reinhard

Barone Douphol
Kevin Greenlaw, Michael C. Havlicek

Marchese d'Obigny
Janne Sihvo, Pete Thanapat

Dottore Grenvil
Ivo Stanchev, Stanislav Vorobyov


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