Season 13 of GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET comes to primetime with Verdi’s masterpiece “La Traviata,” premiering nationwide Friday, April 5 on PBS.
Conducted by new Metropolitan Opera music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the opera stars Diana Damrau in the pinnacle soprano role of Violetta alongside Juan Diego Flórez as her hapless lover Alfredo and Quinn Kelsey as his father Germont.
Michael Mayer’s new production follows courtesan Violetta Valéry, who knows she will die soon and wishes to leave her professional life for a chance at love.
After meeting the charming Alfredo Germont at a party, the two begin a relationship and move to the country in an effort to enjoy their love away from society.
A tumultuous visit from Alfredo’s father, the bourgeois Giorgio Germont, casts doubt in Violetta’s heart for the future of their relationship, causing her to abandon their love nest.
After seeing Violetta on the arm of a baron, a jealous Alfredo must fight for his love and reunite with her before it is too late.
Anita Rachvelishvili hosts.
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Credits:
Michael Mayer – Production. Christine Jones– set designer. Susan Hilferty – costume designer. Kevin Adams – lighting designer. Lorin Latarro – choreographer. For the Met, Gary Halvorson directs the telecast. David Frost is music producer. Mia Bongiovanni and Elena Park are supervising producers, and Louisa Briccetti and Victoria Warivonchik are producers. Peter Gelb is executive producer. For GREAT PERFORMANCES, Bill O’Donnell is series producer; David Horn is executive producer. GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET is a presentation of THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET, bringing the best of the Metropolitan Opera into the homes of classical music fans across the United States.
