“La Traviata” Oper Koln
“LA TRAVIATA” COLOGNE (GERMANY)
STAATENHAUS SAAL 2
10, 18, 23 NOVEMBER – 1 DECEMBER 2017
VIOLETTA VALÉRY: VLADA BOROVKO
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
after »La dame aux camélias«
by Alexandre Dumas the Younger
Music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Act 1
The salon in Violetta's house
Scene 1: Party (attrib. Carl d'Unker)
Violetta Valéry, a famed courtesan, throws a lavish party at her Paris salon to celebrate her recovery from an illness. Gastone, a viscount, has brought with him a friend, Alfredo Germont, a young bourgeois from a provincial family who has long adored Violetta from afar. While walking to the salon, Gastone tells Violetta that Alfredo loves her, and that while she was ill, he came to her house every day. Alfredo joins them, admitting the truth of Gastone's remarks.
Baron Douphol, Violetta's current lover, waits nearby to escort her to the salon; once there, the Baron is asked to give a toast, but refuses, and the crowd turns to...