Tampa Escorts: Soaring triumph deserves bigger audience
Saturday, April 30th, 2011It deserves to be seen by many more people. La Traviata is one of the world’s most popular operas, with at least one song — the boisterous drinking song in Act I — that’s ingrained in our collective cultural subconscious. Its story of tragic love is brisk but poignant, and the two central characters are flawed but appealing.
The Opera Tampa production, directed by Eric Dillner, is bright and buoyant. It features excellent singing in the lead roles and a stunning performance of Verdi’s relentlessly beautiful music by the Opera Tampa Orchestra, conducted by Anton Coppola.
The opening-night audience was about three-quarters of Morsani Hall’s capacity. That’s more than respectable, but with only two performances of a lovely production of a popular opera (the third most often produced worldwide, behind Carmen and Madame Butterfly, one might hope for a sold-out house.
The story concerns Violetta, a courtesan in 19th century Paris, who gives up her life of transitory pleasure for a chance at enduring love with Alfredo, a young man with whom she has become smitten from afar.
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