LA TRAVIATA- Love. Shame. Tragedy
“Richard Eyre’s much-loved staging of Verdi’s masterpiece was a triumph of operatic spectacle”
Fiona Maddocks, Evening Standard
“Richard Eyre’s richly detailed production is meticulously recreated by Patrick Young. Bob Crowley’s designs are at one strikingly realistic and satisfyingly symbolic.”
Michael Arditti, Sunday Express
London UK, 1st June: American soprano sensation Renée Fleming makes an historic return to Covent Garden on Tuesday 30th June, singing the lead role in Verdi’s La traviata for the first time with The Royal Opera. The performance will be relayed live via satellite from the Royal Opera House to digital cinemas across the UK and Europe, courtesy of Arts Alliance Media, Opus Arte and DigiScreen.
Grammy Award winner (1999) and Vocalist of the Year (1997), Renée Fleming, plays the alluring courtesan Violetta Valery who breaks society’s conventions for a life with Alfredo Germont. Alfredo convinces Violetta to elope to the countryside, leaving the tensions of Parisian society behind, but their arrangement threatens to bring scandal on Alfredo’s family and ruin his sister’s future marriage to an aristocrat. Facing a mortal illness, Violetta knows their love is doomed and attempts to free Alfredo from burden by returning to Paris, a decision that comes with dramatic results. Giorgio Germont, Alfredo’s stern father, eventually discovers that Violetta’s love is truly noble, while only too late Alfredo discovers the truth of her selfless sacrifice.
A star cast including Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja (Alfredo Germont) and American baritone Thomas Hampson (Giorgio Germont) join the company of The Royal Opera in this revival of Richard Eyre’s highly acclaimed 1994 production. Music Director Antonio Pappano, now in his seventh Season with The Royal Opera, will be conducting La traviata for the first time at Covent Garden.
La traviata, one of Guiseppe Verdi’s best loved works, is an opera in three acts based on Alexandre Dumas’ La Dame aux Camélias. It was first performed at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice, in March 1853.
Ms Fleming’s big break came in 1988 when she was invited to sing the Countess at the Houston Grand Opera; she has subsequently sung the role of Violetta for Houston Grand Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera and the Lyric Opera, Chicago.
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Notes to Editors
Running time: Approximately 3 hours 12 mins (including intervals)
La Traviata will be screened live in over 150 cinemas across the UK and Europe on Tuesday 30th June at 7.30pm, (8:30 pm Europe) presented by Arts Alliance Media in association with Opus Arte (a Royal Opera House company) and DigiScreen.
About the live presentation:
The cinemas, as listed below, will be showing La traviata in High Definition quality, live via satellite systems and digital cinema projectors. Digital cinema projection technology is providing cinema owners, distributors and the entertainment industry at large with substantial benefits: new programming opportunities – 3D films and alternative content (non-movie entertainment), such as live and recorded concerts, music-related documentaries, opera, ballet and sports events. Digital cinema is enabling cinemas to become vibrant entertainment centres, as well as movie houses.
UK cinemas confirmed to date
(For the most up to date listings please visit: http://www.artsalliancemedia.com/opera/LaTraviataCinemas.html )
BFI |
BFI IMAX |
City Screen |
Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge |
City Screen |
Belmont Picturehouse, Aberdeen |
City Screen |
Cameo Picturehouse, Edinburgh |
City Screen |
Cinema City, Norwich |
City Screen |
Clapham Picturehouse |
City Screen |
Duke of York’s, Brighton |
City Screen |
Exeter Picturehouse |
City Screen |
Gate Picturehouse, Notting Hill |
City Screen |
Greenwich Picturehouse |
City Screen |
Harbour Lights Southampton |
City Screen |
Little Theatre Cinema, Bath |
City Screen |
Phoenix Picturehouse, Oxford |
City Screen |
Picturehouse at FACT, Liverpool |
City Screen |
Regal Picturehouse, Henley on Thames |
City Screen |
Ritzy Picturehouse, Brixton |
City Screen |
Stratford upon Avon Picturehouse |
City Screen |
York Picturehouse |
Curzon |
Chelsea Cinema |
Curzon |
Curzon Mayfair |
Curzon |
Curzon Richmond |
Empire |
High Wycombe |
Empire |
Leicester Square |
Empire |
Swindon |
Empire |
Wigan |
Everyman |
Everyman Belsize Park |
Everyman |
Screen on the Green |
Everyman |
Screen Oxted |
Everyman |
Screen Winchester |
Independent |
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales |
Independent |
Aldeburgh Cinema |
Independent |
La Scala Prestatyn, Wales |
Independent |
The Dukes Lancaster |
Independent |
The Lexi, Kensal Rise |
Independent |
The Malvern Theatre |
Independent |
The Roses, Tewkesbury |
Independent |
The Tyneside, Newcastle |
Showcase Cinema de Lux |
Showcase Cinema de Lux, Bristol |
Showcase Cinema de Lux |
Showcase Cinema de Lux, Derby |
Showcase Cinema de Lux |
Showcase Cinema de Lux, Leicester |
Showcase |
Showcase Cinema Bluewater |
Odeon |
Basingstoke |
Odeon |
Bath |
Odeon |
Blackpool |
Odeon |
Brighton |
Odeon |
Colchester |
Odeon |
Covent Garden |
Odeon |
Guildford |
Odeon |
Harrogate |
Odeon |
Kettering |
Odeon |
Lincoln |
Odeon |
Manchester Printworks |
Odeon |
Tunbridge Wells |
Odeon |
Wimbledon |
Vue |
Birmingham |
Vue |
Blackburn |
Vue |
Camberley |
Vue |
Carlisle |
Vue |
Cheshire Oaks |
Vue |
Croydon, Purley |
Vue |
Finchley Road |
Vue |
Hamilton |
Vue |
Harrow |
Vue |
Hull |
Vue |
Leeds Kirkstall |
Vue |
Newcastle Under Lyme |
Vue |
Plymouth |
Vue |
Portsmouth |
Vue |
Reading |
Vue |
Romford |
Vue |
Southport |
Vue |
Staines |
Vue |
Thanet, Westwood Cross |
Vue |
Watford |
Vue |
Worcester |
For further information please contact:
Allison Livingstone
Arts Alliance Media
Tel: 020 7751 7535
Email: allison.livingstone@artsalliancemedia.com