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The Metropolitan Opera

 

Live broadcasts from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, Saturday morning on Capital Public Radio.

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December through May
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Saturday, January 18, 2020

Met Opera: La Traviata

The prelude of Verdi's "La Traviata." Photo: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera
 

The prelude of Verdi's "La Traviata." Photo: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera

La Traviata
by Giuseppe Verdi



Sopranos Aleksandra Kurzak sings the role of Violetta, the opera’s tragic heroine, opposite tenor Dmytro Popov as her ardent lover, Alfredo, and baritone Quinn Kelsey as Alfredo’s stern father, Germont. Karel Mark Chichon conducts one of opera’s greatest scores.

Verdi’s La Traviata survived a notoriously unsuccessful opening night to become one of the best-loved operas in the repertoire. Following the larger-scale dramas of Rigoletto and Il Trovatore, its intimate scope and subject matter inspired the composer to create some of his most profound and heartfelt music. The title role of the “fallen woman” has captured the imaginations of audiences and performers alike with its inexhaustible vocal and dramatic possibilities and challenges. Violetta is considered a pinnacle of the soprano repertoire.



Start time: 10:00am on Capital Public Radio .
Approximate running time 3 hrs 10 min


Click in the "LINKS" area for more information on the Met website about La Traviata including cast, synopsis, history and more.
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      • Met Opera: La Traviata
      • Met Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
      • Met Opera: Satyagraha
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      • Met Opera: The Magic Flute
      • Met Opera: Hansel and Gretel
      • Met Opera: Fidelio
      • Met Opera: War and Peace
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      • Met Opera: Maria Stuarda
      • Met Opera: Káťa Kabanová
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      • Met Opera: Così fan tutte
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      • Met Opera: The Magic Flute
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      • Met Opera: Dialogues des Carmélites
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      • Met Opera: Samson et Dalila
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  • 2018   
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      • Met Opera: The Magic Flute
      • Met Opera: La Fanciulla del West
      • Met Opera: La Traviata
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      • Met Opera: Mefistofele
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    • January   
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  • 2017   
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      • Met Opera: Requiem
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    • January   
      • Met Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
      • Met Opera: Roméo et Juliette
      • Met Opera: La Bohème
      • Met Opera: Nabucco
  • 2016   
    • December   
      • Met Opera: L’Italiana in Algeri
      • Met Opera: Hansel and Gretel
      • Met Opera: Salome
      • Met Opera: L’Amour de Loin
      • Met Opera: Manon Lescaut
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      • Met Opera: National Council Auditions Final Concert
      • Met Opera: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
    • April   
      • Met Opera: Elektra
      • Met Opera: Otello
      • Met Opera: Roberto Devereux
      • Met Opera: Simon Boccanegra
      • Met Opera: Madama Butterfly
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      • Met Opera: Manon Lescaut
    • February   
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      • Met Opera: Maria Stuarda
      • Met Opera: Il Trovatore
      • Met Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
    • January   
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      • Met Opera: Tannhäuser
      • Met Opera: The Pearl Fishers
      • Met Opera: Anna Bolena
      • Met Opera: Die Fledermaus
  • 2015   
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      • Met Opera: The Barber of Seville
      • Met Opera: La Donna del Lago
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      • Met Opera: La Bohème
    • May   
      • Met Opera: The Rake's Progress
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      • Met Opera: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
      • Met Opera: Don Carlo
      • Met Opera: Ernani
    • March   
      • Met Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor
      • Met Opera: Manon
      • Met Opera: La Donna del Lago
      • Met Opera: Carmen
    • February   
      • Met Opera: Die Zauberflote
      • Met Opera: Don Giovanni
  • 2014   
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      • Met Opera: Le Nozze di Figaro
      • Met Opera: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
      • Met Opera: IL Barbiere Di Siviglia (Rossini)

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