"La Traviata will go down in opera history as one of the most successful productions LA Opera has staged to date...every element was stupendous." -OperaOnline.us

Verdi’s heart-rending story of a Parisian courtesan with a sordid past and no future features some of the composer’s most ravishing and popular music. Two gifted artists share the role of Violetta Valery. Making her Company debut will be the rising young Russian soprano Marina Poplavskaya, acclaimed by London’s Evening Standard for "her mesmerizing dramatic intensity and vocal power."

Returning will be Elizabeth Futral, who The New York Times lauded for her "florid coloratura roulades and embellishments that seem natural elaborations of long melodic lines." Massimo Giordano and Aleksei Dolgov play Violetta’s love interest, Alfredo Germont. Andrzej Dobber and Stephen Powell share the role of Giorgio Germont. Grant Gershon makes his podium debut, and Marta Domingo directs the lavish period staging of Verdi’s best-loved opera.

Thursday May 21, 2009 7:30 p.m. Buy Tickets Wednesday May 27, 2009 7:30 p.m. Buy Tickets Saturday May 30, 2009 7:30 p.m. Buy Tickets Wednesday June 3, 2009 1:00 p.m. Buy Tickets Saturday June 6, 2009 7:30 p.m. Buy Tickets Wednesday June 10, 2009 7:30 p.m. Buy Tickets Sunday June 14, 2009 2:00 p.m. Buy Tickets Sunday June 21, 2009 2:00 p.m. Buy Tickets

VIOLETTA (5/21, 5/27, 5/30, 6/3, 6/6) Marina Poplavskaya* View Profile VIOLETTA (6/10, 6/14, 6/21) Elizabeth Futral View Profile ALFREDO GERMONT (5/21, 5/27, 5/30) Massimo Giordano View Profile ALFREDO GERMONT (6/3m, 6/6, 6/10, 6/13, 6/14m, 6/21m) Aleksei Dolgov* View Profile GIORGIO GERMONT (5/21, 5/27, 5/30, 6/3, 6/6) Andrzej Dobber* View Profile GIORGIO GERMONT (6/10, 6/14, 6/21) Stephen Powell View Profile GASTONE Hak Soo Kim FLORA BERVOIX Margaret Thompson View Profile MARQUIS D'OBIGNY Daniel Armstrong DOCTOR GRENVILLE Ryan McKinny BARON DUOPHOL Philip Cokorinos ANNINA Erica Brookhyser View Profile GIUSEPPE James Callon A MESSENGER Reid Bruton FLORA'S SERVANT Robert Hovencamp

CONDUCTOR Grant Gershon* View Profile DIRECTOR Marta Domingo View Profile DESIGNER Giovanni Agostinucci CHOREOGRAPHER Kitty McNamee View Profile