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
29 May 1956
Opera Lodz

Conductor: Wladsylaw Raczkowski
Chorus master: n/a
Stage director: Emil Chaberski
Scene and costumes: Stanislaw Jarocki / Feliks Parnell

Alfredo Germont lover of Violetta ROMUALD SPYCHALSKI tenor
Giorgio Germont his father ZDZISLAW KLIMEK baritone
Gastone de Letorieres a young man about town EDWARD DULKSI tenor
Baron Douphol a rival of Alfredo MAREK KALUZINSKI baritone
Dr. Grenvil RYSZARD NOWALINSKI bass
Marchese d’Obigny MICHAL MARCHUT bass
Violetta Valery a courtesan LEYLA GENCER soprano
Flora Bervoix her friend BARBARA JAKLICZ mezzo-soprano
Annina Violetta’s confident and maid IZABELLA STRAZALKOWSKA soprano

Time: 1850
Place: Paris and vicinity