Musica a Palazzo: La Traviata

Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata has strong ties to Venice where it was premiered at the Gran Teatro La Fenice on March 6, 1853!

Musica a Palazzo follows Verdi's instruction for a contemporary adaptation of the dramatic opera. At Verdi's period, the first performance had caused a scandal by its brazen realism. The first act begins in the Portego (central hall) where the spectators will be situated in the role as Violetta's (Traviata) guests. At this joyful celebration, Violetta and Alfredo will be introduced to each other and fall in love. The second act takes place in the Sala Tiepolo whose beauty and intimacy are the perfect setting to appreciate the subtlety of the “interior dialogue” of the characters and to be moved by her conflicts.

The drama of Violetta’s illness and death is consummated in the Camera da letto (bedroom with alcove), and not even the extraordinary 18th-century stuccos can divert attention from the emotional intensity of the music: the voices of the singers, in close intimacy, resonate in the heart and soul!