Live opera returns to Gaulitana: A Festival of Music with Giuseppe Verdi best-loved opera – La Traviata.

The operatic production will highlight the upcoming 16th festival edition and will provide a top “off-season” springtime operatic treat in Gozo to compliment the autumn operas produced at the island’s two principal theatres.

The opera is on Saturday, the 29th of April, starting at 7.30pm, at the Aurora Theatre, Gozo.

The Gaulitana said that it “intends to offer another exciting operatic treat featuring a top-notch international cast together with the Gaulitanus Choir – the organisers of the festival – and the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra.

The opera will be under the baton of Gaulitana artistic director Colin Attard and the stage direction of Enrico. While Attard will also double as choir master, Castiglione will be responsible for the design of the scenery and the costumes.

La Traviata, quite literally The Fallen Woman, recounts the story of a Parisian courtesan, who actually falls in love with a courtier, and then ends up dying of tuberculosis.

In coming up with this masterpiece from his middle period, Verdi has been quoted as saying he wanted something “of our own age” and so it remains to this day.

This as well as the gorgeous flowing melodies of all those flamboyant choruses, parties and heart-wrenching and soul-baring arias and duets make La Traviata an all-time favourite and the most performed opera worldwide.

Tickets for this one-time performance and further details are now available online by clicking here.

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