By Joan Reinthaler The Virginia Opera has a fine “La Traviata” on its hands. Verdi’s sad but sumptuous opera opened Saturday for two performances at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts. And while soprano Cecilia Violetta Lopez’s Violetta may have carried the...
By David Siegel Be smitten with Violetta, the brave woman who learns that “love can be inspired by a passing glance,” but happiness is not such an easy journey. This is the grand sweep of Verdi’s “La Traviata,” the world’s most performed opera, coming to the Center...
By Sarah Kingsley To close the season, Virginia Opera premieres a brand new traditional staging of La Traviata, directed by Lilian Groag. A classic Italian opera composed by one of the masters of the art form – Giuseppe Verdi – La Traviata is the most performed opera...
By B. J. Atkinson – The Virginian-Pilot When an opera production’s a hit, especially one in which the plot hinges on antiquated mores, there’s more going on than pretty music. The director must bring the tale into the 21st century, involve us and...
By Craig Shapiro – The Virginian-Pilot NO OTHER OPERA in the world was staged more often the last five seasons. It figures prominently in the Julia Roberts movie “Pretty Woman.” And Virginia Opera is putting it on for the seventh time, capping...
