Buxton International Festival, long known for its explorations of some of the less well-known parts of the opera repertoire, ...

Opera doesn’t require massive sets, opulent costumes and crowds of vocal cords to have an impact. Approached with taste and imagination on any scale, it can stir a spectator’s emotions. No one who ...

The label of elitism sticks to opera like superglue. The label is a fake, but one for which no cultural chemical capable of removing it has yet proved effective. Still, opera populists are trying and ...

Europe was already convulsed by questions of moral duplicity when La traviata’s Violetta took to the stage. Ahead of a new documentary about Verdi’s masterpiece, Tom Service examines why the tragic ...

Opera San José will close its 2025-26 season devoted to exploring “What is love?” with a definitive Italian operatic story of all-encompassing passion and profound loss. Verdi’s La Traviata brings one ...

Palm Beach Opera is inviting audiences to experience the timeless passion and heartbreak of Verdi's La traviata on February 21-23, 2025 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. This beloved ...

For all its glittery parties, and opulent furnishings, and glorious, familiar melodies, Verdi's La Traviata is the story of a sex worker. Violetta Valery, the opera's heroine, is a 19th- century ...

La Traviata, the famous tale of the courtesan Violetta’s doomed love affair with upper-class Alfredo, is often thought of as one of Giuseppe Verdi’s grandest operas—an over-the-top tragedy amid Paris ...

Pure musical joy, in a champagne flute. Watch an incredible performance of Verdi’s operatic classic, performed at the Royal Albert Hall by two of the greatest singers of today. Fancy attending a ...