What better way to mark “Verdi Year” than by revisiting the great Italian romantic composer’s famous opera? La Traviata is based on the play by Alexandre Dumas fils, Camille (French title: La Dame aux Camélias). Verdi dedicated the opera to the woman who was to become his second wife, Giuseppina Strepponi, a famous singer who had interpreted several of his earlier heroines. La Traviata is not just one of Verdi’s most important works, it is perhaps the most personal of his operas. The music overflows with passionate emotion, while the synergy between director Pierre Thirion-Vallet and conductor Amaury du Closel brings out vividly the solitude and sacrifice of a woman who – if only for a moment – touched a dream.

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Direction: Pierre Thirion-Vallet
Scenery: Frank Aracil
Costumes: Véronique Henriot
Lighting: Véronique Marsy
Violetta Valéry: Noriko Urata
Alfredo Germont: Xin Wang
Giorgio Germont: Pierre-Yves Pruvot
Annina: Jenny Daviet
Flora Bervoix: Agnès Loyer
Barone Douphol: Ronan Airault
Gastone: François Lilamand
Marchese d’Obigny: Samuel Le Bigot
Dottore Grenvil: Hyalmar Mitrotti
Choir: Cécile Coulomb, Marie Brétel, Héloïse Koempgen-Bramy, Franck Giraud, Pablo Ramos-Monroy

Thessaloniki State Orchestra – Music Direction: Amaury du Closel

With Greek subtitles

Co-production: Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, 48th Dimitria, Municipality of Thessaloniki.