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Enjoy a performance of La traviata in a relaxed environment.
Our relaxed performances ensure a theatre that is inclusive and welcoming for all. The performances are designed for people who may make spontaneous noises, need to leave and return to their seat or access the toilets during the performance, and who may find a traditional theatre setting with complete silence and darkness hard to cope with. This could include people living with dementia, anxiety, Tourette’s, bowel and bladder conditions, autism spectrum conditions, or learning disabilities.
This performance is also sign interpreted.
You can contact our friendly box office team with any questions, to book by phone or to request extra space next to seats on 0113 223 3600 or boxoffice@operanorth.co.uk
You can also book using this booking form.
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Start time
2.30pm
Running time
Approximately 2 hours 45 minutes with two intervals
Language
Sung in Italian with English titles and sign interpreted
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On Wednesday 28 September 2022 at 3pm vocal animateur Marie Claire Breen will lead an online session for anyone receiving care from a care provider to introduce you to Verdi’s famous opera and take you on a journey through the ballrooms of high society in Paris. This will be a friendly space to learn, sing, have fun, and meet people.
Violetta is a courtesan who is enjoying the Parisian high-life when, to her surprise, she falls in love. But she cannot escape the consequences of her past life, and circumstances conspire to force her to sacrifice what may be her only chance of real love.
Verdi poured some of his most heartfelt music into this intimate story of family tensions, blighted love and a society rotten with hypocrisy. The result is one of opera’s most profoundly moving masterpieces, both angry and tender.
Director Alessandro Talevi and designer Madeleine Boyd (The Turn of the Screw, Don Giovanni) set this riveting production of La traviata in Belle Époque Paris.
“As performances go, this one takes some beating.”
★★★★ — The Guardian (2014)“…brilliantly staged… Talevi’s direction makes the action fly.”
★★★★ — The Arts Desk (2014)
Violetta Valéry*
VIOLETTA VALÉRY†
Alfredo Germont*
Alfredo Germont†
Giorgio Germont*
Giorgio Germont†
ANNINA
GASTONE
BARON DOUPHOL
DOCTOR GRENVIL
FLORA BERVOIX
MARQUIS D’OBIGNY
Conductor
Conductor
Director
Set and Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Choreographer
* 29 Sep, 1, 25, 29 Oct, 1, 3, 8, 11, 16 Nov
† 30 Sep, 2, 24, 27 Oct, 2, 10, 15, 17 Nov
