LA TRAVIATA Wednesday 13 April, 6.45pm The Royal Opera Via Satellite

19th-century Paris is a place of contrasts; glamour and superficiality, love and lust, life and death. Courtesan Violetta sings some of Verdi’s most acclaimed arias including the joyous ‘Sempre libera’,in her poignant and passionate encounters with Alfredo and Germont.

Richard Eyre’s production for The Royal Opera recently celebrated 25 years on the Royal Opera House stage and this year returns with acclaimed opera star Pretty Yende as Violetta.

Cast: Pretty Yende (Violetta), Stephen Costello (AlfredoGermont), Dimitri Platanias (Giorgio Germont), Kseniia Nikolaieva (Annina), David Shipley (Doctor Grenvil), Angela Simkin (Flora Bervoix), Germán E. Alcántara (Baron Douphol),Andrés Presno (Gastone de Letorières),Jeremy White(Marquis d’Obigny)

The Royal Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Credits: Music Giuseppe Verdi; Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave; Director: Richard Eyre; Designer: Bob Crowley; Lighting designer: Jean Kalman; Director of movement: Jane Gibson.

Running time: 3 hours and 40 minutes(including two intervals)

Language: Sung in Italian with English subtitles