Let’s Talk Opera!—La Traviata

The Let’s Talk Opera! series offers a friendly and dynamic introduction to various operas presented throughout the season.
Hosted by musicologist Pierre Vachon, in the presence of singers and a pianist, Let’s Talk Opera! dives deep into the heart of the works in 60 minutes to discuss the history, music, voices, cultural context, composer, style, etc., and offers musical excerpts by opera singers

VERDI
LA TRAVIATA
How far would you go, in the name of love? La Traviata, one of Verdi’s – and of the entire repertoire’s – most popular operas, introduces us to a kind of love both unbridled and doomed. Set in Paris in the 1920s, the incredible story of the courtesan Violetta is reimagined through a jazz-age entertainer who has taken the city by storm. Proving that we are never bound to a single path, nor to a single journey.

SELF-LOVE WILL NEVER BREAK YOUR HEART
Courtesan Violetta lives her life in a self-indulgent, proud, almost arrogant way. Until the very day when her eyes and her heart are cast on the young Alfredo, who comes from a prominent family. Ready to give up everything to fullfill their passionate romance, one they both believe they deserve, the couple challenges the beliefs and standards of their time.(operademontreal.com)

In Collaboration with l’Opéra de Montréal.

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Information: 514 989 5226 or victoriahall@westmount.org