Friday, August 9, 2013

Verona- the Arena, La Traviata by Guiseppe Verdi

The opening scene, taken from the cheap seats on the stone steps. Bring a cushion. Really. Your bum will Thank you!

Act 2 The Bullfighter's Song

The Star! She did a lot of graceful swooning during the performance, so it was nice to see her standing up.

Act 3. Our heroine dies. That's her on the floor in the picture below. Someone always dies in an opera and it's usually the Diva.

After tis there were lots of 'curtain calls' and then a mad stampede as several thousand people all tried to get down the stairs at the same time. Including me. Well, I wanted to get to the bar!

1 comment:

locationgoddess said...

Love these images. The staging is spectacular. Trust the singing is as well!!!