La Traviata

New National Theatre Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Important Info

Type: Opera

City: Tokyo, Japan

Starts at: 19:00

Acts: 3

Intervals: 1

Duration: 2h 45min

Sung in: Italian

Titles in: English,Japanese

Cast

Performers

Soprano: Eri Nakamura (Violetta Valéry)

Conductor: Francesco Lanzillotta

Baritone: Gustavo Castillo (Giorgio Germont)

Chorus: New National Theatre Chorus

Tenor: Riccardo Della Sciucca (Alfredo Germont)

Orchestra: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Creators

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Author: Alexandre Dumas (fils)

Librettist: Francesco Maria Piave

Director: Vincent Boussard

Overview

After stepping in at the last moment to perform as Violetta in 2022 to great acclaim, Nakamura Eri returns to this high-profile role. Riccardo Della Sciucca, a rising Italian star, will perform as Alfredo.After stepping in at the last moment to perform as Violetta in 2022 to great acclaim, Nakamura Eri returns to this high-profile role. Riccardo Della Sciucca, a rising Italian star, will perform as Alfredo.

"La traviata" is set in the world of Parisian high society. This popular opera tells the story of the courtesan, Violetta Valéry: her loves and her sad fate. It is based on the dramatic adaptation of the romantic novel, "La Dame aux Camélias" by Alexandre DUMAS fils, modeled by the author on the high-class mistress, Marie Duplessis. Giuseppe VERDI then took the story, making its heroine a contemporary woman, and writing an innovative opera in which he raised the role of the music itself to that of expressing the story's emotions. Starting with "Libiamo ne' lieti calici", which has become a well-known, staple tune of gala concerts, the work features numerous other famous songs, such as Violetta's most technically demanding aria, "Ah, fors'è lui-sempre libera", in the prelude foretelling tragedy, and Germont's "Di Provenza il mar, il suol".

The director, Vincent BOUSSARD, is noted for sophisticated staging with an unerring eye for colour. His production of "La traviata" (first staged in 2015) displays that aesthetic sensibility. At the same time, he effectively holds up a mirror on the world to paint an imagined landscape, taking the theme of a woman's fate in the world of men. Upon curtain fall, we are left with the vivid picture of a woman who has lived her life with unwavering pride.

History

Premiere of this production: 06 March 1853, Teatro La Fenice, Venice

La traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La Dame aux camélias (1852), a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas fils. The opera was originally titled Violetta, after the main character. It was first performed on 6 March 1853 at the La Fenice opera house in Venice.

Venue Info

New National Theatre Tokyo - Tokyo
1 Chome-1-1 Honmachi, Shibuya City

The New National Theatre, Tokyo (NNTT) is Japan's first and foremost national centre for the performing arts, including opera, ballet, contemporary dance and drama. Since 1997 more than 650 productions were staged. There are about 300 performances per season with approximately 200,000 theatergoers. The centre has been praised for its architecture and state-of-the-art modern theatre facilities, which are considered among the best in the world.

The construction of the NNTT was completed in February 1997. Its first public performances took place in October of that year. The Tokyo Opera City Tower is connected to the theatre. It has concert halls, an art gallery, a media-art museum, office space, many restaurants and shops. The combined complex of the skyscraper tower and the theatre is called the "Tokyo Opera City".

Besides the public performances, various enterprises are undertaken, such as the young artist training programs (for ballet, opera, and theatre), theatre rental for other performing arts groups, performing arts-related exhibitions, public usage of its video library and book library, public performances for children and young students, backstage tours, and most importantly, international exchanges for performing arts events, etc. Moreover, The Stage Set & Design Centre (located in Choshi city, Chiba Prefecture), stores and exhibits previously-used stage scenery and costumes.