La Traviata

Simon Stone's production takes the contemporary nature of La Traviata literally - Violetty Valéry lives here in a very contemporary Paris full of glitz and glamor. In lavishly produced video sequences, the director and his team also continue the self-confident character of Violetta already created by Verdi and librettist Soave: as an influencer with millions of Instagram followers and her own perfume line, she is perfectly capable of looking after herself - as long as her state of health allows it. The realism and opulence of the videos contrasts attractively with Bob Cousins' reduced stage aesthetic, in which realistic stage elements appear to be presented as if on a semantic platter. For this production, we recommend a minimum age of 14.