We challenge you to find a bigger tearjerker than this in the opera canon – it's not just the story (based on Alexandre Dumas' popular 1848 novel La Dame aux Camélias) about a courtesan who falls for a young admirer and sacrifices her chance at happiness for the greater good; it's also Verdi's romantic score. These are the reasons why we keep going back to Verdi's opera.
This 'old faithful' production by director Elijah Moshinsky, with opulent 19th-century design, is also something that audiences keep returning to; it's never long out of circulation for Opera Australia.
Home-grown talent Stacey Alleaume is rapidly gaining international recognition. Here, she reprises her role as Violetta after a stunning season in Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour.
La Traviata returns to the Joan Sutherland Theatre at the Sydney Opera House from July 5-29, and October 22 to November 4.
This opera is sung in Italian with English surtitles.
