La traviata

Giuseppe Verdi

La traviata

Opera in 2 acts

The author of the libretto is Francesco Maria Piave.

Based on “La Dame aux camélias” novel by Alexandre Dumas fils

Performed in Italian

(with synchronized Kazakh and Russian supertitles)

Verdi’s heroine is a woman, rejected by the society; the composer highlighted it in the title of the opera (“La traviata” – from Italian – “the fallen woman”). Verdi showed the noble heart and the inner beauty of Violetta, her superiority not only over the light-minded surroundings, but also over the virtuous representative of the society, Georgio Germont, Alfredo’s father.

Deep sympathy to the victim of social inequity, ruthless criticism of the hypocritical moral and reflecting it on stage – all these violated the established tradition and became the main reason of the opera’s failure on the premiere performance at the Teatro La Fenice on 6 March 1853.

But Verdi strongly believed in the success of his opera. A year later, La traviata was performed at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice, with artists wearing the 18^th century costumes, which were more familiar to the audience, and got a great acclaim from the public. Thus, the opera’s triumphal parade through the world’s opera houses began.

The part of Violetta became favourite for all the divas of all generations, including Adelina Patti (1843-1919), Roza Ponselle (1897-1981), Renata Tebaldi (1922-2004), Maria Callas (1923-1977), Joan Satherland (1926-2010), Montserrat Caballé, Teresa Stratas, as well as for the stars of the Kazakh operatic art, such as Roza Zhamanova (1928-2013), Bibigul Tulegenova, Nurzhamal Ussenbayeva, Maira Mukhamedkyzy, Zhannat Baktay, Zhamilya Baspakova and others.

ROLES AND PERFORMERS:

Violetta Valéry – Aizada KAPONOVA, Holder of the Order of Kurmet

Alfredo Germont – Artur GABDIYEV

Giorgio Germont – Rassul ZHARMAGAMBETOV, laureate of the State Youth Prize "Daryn"

Gastone – Beimbet TANARYKOV

Flora Bervoix – Tatyana VITSINSKAYA

Annina – Yelena GANZHA

Marchese d'Obigny – Bolat YESSIMKHANOV

Barone Douphol – Ardak TOLEPBERGEN

Doctor Grenvil – Valery SELIVANOV

Commissioner – Nurlybek KOSPARMAKOV

Giuseppe – Ramzat BALAKISHIYEV

ORCHESTRA, CHOIR, BALLET AND EXTRAS OF ASTANA OPERA HOUSE

PRODUCTION GROUP:

Conductor: Abzal MUKHITDIN, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan

Production Director: Henning BROCKHAUS

Assistant Director: Yerenbak TOIKENOV

Set Designer: Josef SVOBODA

Revival Set Designer: Benito LEONORI

Lighting Designer: Fabrizio GOBBI

Costume Designer: Giancarlo COLIS

Choirmaster: Yerzhan DAUTOV, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan

Choreographers: Tyrsynbek NURKALIYEV, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan, Valentina ESCOBAR

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