La Traviata
Royal Opera House | 19th Jul - 2nd Aug 2025
La traviata
Verdi's powerful opera, La traviata, returns to Holland Park with an outstanding cast. Heavily censored at its 1853 premiere, this impassioned work unflinchingly portrays the celebrated courtesan Violetta Valéry in the final months of her life.
In stark contrast to the ghostly atmosphere of Lucia di Lammermoor, this 1853 masterpiece dives into the decadence of 19th-century Parisian society. Violetta, a celebrated courtesan, falls for a young man from a provincial family. She navigates a world of hedonism and self-sacrifice, ultimately returning to the city that will destroy her.
Rodula Gaitanou's "world class" (The Stage) and "dazzling" (The Guardian) 2018 production, sumptuously designed by Cordelia Chisholm with references to scandalous paintings by Gustave Courbet and John Singer Sargent, brings this tragic love story to life.
Performance Dates:
- Saturday 19 July 2025, 7:30 PM
- Wednesday 23 July 2025, 7:30 PM
- Friday 25 July 2025, 7:30 PM
- Sunday 27 July 2025, 2:00 PM
- Tuesday 29 July 2025, 7:30 PM
- Thursday 31 July 2025, 7:30 PM
- Saturday 2 August 2025, 7:30 PM