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World-renowned David McVicar Returns Home to Direct La Traviata

Scottish Opera
07/10/2008
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One of the world’s most celebrated opera directors David McVicar comes home to Glasgow to direct his first-ever production of La traviata.

McVicar, highly acclaimed for his searingly honest treatment of classic operas, promises an authentic take on the famous courtesan’s tragic tale that remains faithful to Alexandre Dumas’ original novel La dame aux Camélias.

La traviata sees the Scottish Opera début of Italian soprano Carmen Giannattasio in the role of Violetta. Carmen last performed in Scotland in La Donna del Lago at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2006. She has also performed in several productions at La Scala under the baton of esteemed conductor Riccardo Muti and won first prize in Operalia, Placido Domingo’s world opera competition for young people.

The production features an ensemble of chorus, dancers and actors, an array of lavish costumes and a clever set revealing the intimacy of Violetta’s boudoir, her home and her final days in Paris. McVicar’s creative team of choreographer Andrew George and designer Tanya McCallin join the company for this production, while French conductor Emmanuel Joel-Hornak returns to Scottish Opera having previously conducted La Belle Hélène and Aïda for the company.

The production will tour to Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness before transferring to the Grand Opera House in Belfast early in 2009 for the company’s first performances in Northern Ireland since 1990.

The company will also present Scottish Opera Unwrapped – an hour long, free introduction to opera – on Wednesday 5 November (Eden Court, Inverness), Wednesday 12 November (His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen), Tuesday 25 November (Edinburgh Festival Theatre), Thursday 5 February (Theatre Royal Glasgow) and Friday 27 February (Grand Opera House, Belfast). Presented on an alternative night to performances, Unwrapped gives new audiences and interested opera attendees a fascinating chance to get a glimpse into each new production with cast members and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera.  
 
CAST & PRODUCTION TEAM                                                                           
Violetta Valéry               Carmen Giannattasio               Alfredo Germont             Federico Lepre                                   
Giorgio Germont            Richard Zeller                          Flora Bervoix                 Katherine Allen                       Baron Douphol               Adrian Powter                         Gaston                          Nicholas Ransley        
Marchese D'Obigny        Paul Carey Jones       
Doctor Grenvil                Alan Fairs   
Annina                          Catriona Barr
 
Director             David McVicar
Conductor         Emmanuel Joel-Hornak
Designer           Tanya McCallin
Choreographer   Andrew George
Lighting           
Jennifer Tupton
 
PERFORMANCE DATES 2008
Theatre Royal Glasgow
Thu 30 Oct, Sat 1 Nov, 7.15pm
Fri 6 Feb, Thu 12 Feb, Sat 14 Feb, 7.15pm
Sun 8 Feb, 4pm
Thurs 5 Feb, 6pm La traviata Unwrapped
www.theatreroyalglasgow.com  

Eden Court, Inverness
Thu 6, Sat 8 Nov, 7.15pm
Wed 5 Nov, 6pm La traviata Unwrapped
www.eden-court.co.uk
His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen
Thu 13, Sat 15 Nov, 7.30pm
Wed 12 Nov, 6pm La traviata Unwrapped
www.hmtaberdeen.com

Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Wed 19, Thu 27, Sat 29 Nov, 7.15pm
Sun 23 Nov, 4pm
Tue 25 Nov, 6pm La traviata Unwrapped
www.eft.co.uk
 
Grand Opera House, Belfast
Thu 26, Sat 28 Feb, time tbc
Fri 27 Feb, 6pm La traviata Unwrapped
www.goh.co.uk 
-ENDS-
 
Note to Editors:
1.         La traviata is sung in Italian with English supertitles.
 
2.         The opera is a new co-production with Welsh National Opera and is        supported by the Dunard Fund and Scottish Opera’s ‘Play A Supporting Role’ Appeal.
Belfast performances of La traviata are supported by the Cross Border Touring fund. The Cross Border Touring fund was established in 2001 as a joint initiative of the four UK arts councils to support the touring of our large scale dance, theatre and opera companies throughout the UK and enabling audiences to experience their excellent artistic work. For audiences in Northern Ireland, without its own opera company, this visit by Scottish Opera will be an excellent opportunity to see high quality opera.  Later this year, audiences in Edinburgh will have the opportunity to see performance by Rambert Dance Company and Birmingham Royal Ballet supported through the cross border touring fund.
 
 
 

Contact: Kerryn Hurley
Phone: 0141 2420511
Email: kerryn.hurley@scottishopera.org.uk
Website: http://www.scottishopera.org.uk
 

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