New ENO boss Daniel Kramer makes his directing debut at the English National Opera with this new production of Verdi's 'La Traviata'. And all eyes will be on him. He was a controversial appointment, boasting an eclectic background that's taken in mime school, dance, and theatre direction - most recently taking the form of a madly energetic, irreverent staging of 'Romeo and Juliet' for Shakespeare's Globe.
So it's pretty exciting to see what he'll make of Verdi's regularly staged weepy classic 'La Traviata', the story of a courtesan who suffers for love. Young soprano Claudia Boyle will play the lead role of Violette, alongside tenor Lukhanyo Moyake as her dastardly upper class lover. Leo McFall conducts.