With the 2008/09 season-opening production of La Traviata set to open on Friday, September 26, we're happy to share some of the most powerful moments of the production! Photos courtesy Cory Weaver.
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Act I. Love blooms between Violetta (soprano Maria Kanyova) and Alfredo (tenor Richard Troxell).
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Act I. But suddenly Violetta has second thoughts about giving up her lively world and sings the famous "Sempre Libera."
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Act II. She eventually gives in to that love, sharing her life with Alfredo, only to hear from Alfredo's father (baritone Richard Zeller) that she must abandon that love.
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Act II. Alfredo gets the same message from his father.
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Act III. And so the two have parted ways. But in this powerful scene, the lovers reunite. Alas, Violetta is clearly very ill.
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| Act III. The final moment as Violetta dies. |
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