Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata
In Benoît Jacquot’s production, Manet’s Olympia dominates the stage of the Opéra Bastille. In 1863, the painting caused a scandal: the prostitute awaits her client, her expression proud, her demeanour assured. Is this Violetta? Like Olympia, Verdi’s most celebrated heroine surrenders to the spectator just as she surrenders to love, going so far as to die on stage, a woman’s ultimate sacrifice for her lover. Or might it be the spectator who strips her bare and intrudes upon her privacy, in the image of this milieu of social voyeurism? Whatever the case, these two women regard us with defiance and subjugate those who cannot help but look at them.
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Ermonela Jaho
Violetta Valéry
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Charles Castronovo
Alfredo Germont
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Lucia di Lammermoor
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Ludovic Tézier
Giorgio Germont
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Massenet: Werther
Macbeth - Liceu
François Rougier
Gastone
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Cornelia Oncioiu
Annina
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Benoît Jacquot Director · Francesco Maria Piave Writer Alexandre Dumas fils Story
First release December 11, 2018 · Produced in France
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Opéra National de Paris
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France
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Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
France · December 11, 2018
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No release date listed for United States.
Spain
January 30, 2019 · Theatrical
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