20th January

Concert will begin at 17:25 hours GMT

Verdi's 'La Traviata' with Sierra, Camarena, Coma-Alabert and Rucinski from Barcelona

Verdi's 'La Traviata' is an opera in three acts set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La Dame aux Camélias (1852), a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils.Violetta Valéry, a famed courtesan, throws a lavish party at her Paris salon to celebrate her recovery from an illness. Gastone, a viscount, has brought with him a friend, Alfredo Germont, a young bourgeois from a provincial family who has long adored Violetta from afar. While walking to the salon, Gastone tells Violetta that Alfredo loves her, and that while she was ill, he came to her house every day. Alfredo joins them, admitting the truth of Gastone's remarks.

Performers: Violetta Valéry: Nadine Sierra. Alfredo Germont: Javier Camarena. Flora Verboix: Gemma Coma-Alabert. Annina: Patricia Calvache. Giorgio Germont: Artur Rucinski. Gastone: Albert Casals. Baron Douphol: Josep-Ramon Olivé. Marchis d'Obigny: Pau Armengol. Doctor Grenvil: Gerard Farreras.

Gran Teatre del Liceu Choir and Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Giacomo Sagripanti.

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