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LA TRAVIATA

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Opera in three acts in Italian
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave after Alexander Duma’s play La Dame aux Camélias
Premièr at Teatro la Fenice, Venice – 6 March 1853

28 November 1958

Grand Opera, Philadelphia

Conductor: Giuseppe Bamboschek

Chorus master: n/a

Stage director: Antony Stivanello

Scene and costumes: Vn Horn, Inc. Louis Valentino
Properties: Zafero Studios
Ballet master and choreographer: William Sena

Alfredo Germont lover of Violetta EUGENE CONLEY tenor

Giorgio Germont his father CORNELL MACNEIL baritone
Gastone de Letorieres a young man about town ANDREA VELIS tenor
Dr. Grenvil EDWARD DOE bass
Baron Douphol a rival of Alfredo ROBERT GREGORI baritone
Marchese d’Obigny WALTER KNETLAR bass
Giuseppe servant to Violetta n/a tenor
Violetta Valery a courtesan LEYLA GENCER soprano
Flora Bervoix her friend VERONICA PETRUSKY mezzo-soprano
Annina Violetta’s confident and maid DORIS OKERAN soprano
Spanish dancers NANCY KING, BRUCE MARKS

Time: 1850

Place: Paris and vicinity

Photos © MARK HAGMANN, Philadelphia