Traviata

Verdi became acquainted with Alexandre Dumas, Jr's notorious novel in 1848, when it was printed. Immediately he had the idea to write an opera based on the story. And when in 1852 the composer saw in Paris the novel The Lady with the Camellias reworked into a drama, he commissioned his regular literary collaborator Francesco Maria Piave to write the libretto. Naturally, the content of the drama was rendered in abbreviated form, the names were changed, even the title - Traviata / The Lost One, The Wayless One/. Dumas was right when, after listening to La Traviata, he said: 'In fifty years no one would remember my Lady with the Camellias, but Verdi immortalised it.

The first performance of the opera "La Traviata" in Stara Zagora was on 30 June 1928 with conductor Alexander Georgiev, director Dimitar Hristov, artist G. There followed premieres in 1944 and 1946 and 1953 with conductor Romeo Raychev, in 1974 with conductor Veselin Nenov and director Georgi Petrov, on 1 October 1987 was the premiere of "La Traviata" with conductor Bozhidar Bonev and director Boleslav Yankovsky, on 2 April 1992 the conductor-stage manager was Dimitar Dimitrov, and the director - Evgenia Raeva, in 2000. directed by Nina Naydenova and conducted by Bozhidar Bonev

Premiere 23 April 2011
Duration: 2,30 hours with one intermission