What it's like to perform 'La traviata' live for an audience in the age of coronavirus.
10 min readLawrence Brownlee, an American-born tenor, emphasized the need for diversity in opera.In the final scene of Verdi's"La traviata," Alfredo returns to his beloved Violetta, who is dying, with a wracking cough. Typically in this moment, the two singers run to each other in a passionate embrace after having been wrenchingly separated.
Conductor Nicola Luisotti and the Teatro Real orchestra perform "La Traviata" in Madrid, Spain, July 2020. "La traviata," one of the world's most frequently performed operas, is a tragic romance that usually features embracing, kissing, dancers, a father grabbing his son and one of modern history's-- and is also, ultimately, the story of a woman dying of an infectious disease.
As much as performers are taught to separate real life from onstage, it's impossible with this, both singers said. Polenzani said deciding to perform was"not an easy decision" that he"agonized" about in discussions with his wife and agent,"as it is entirely possible this could be my last job this year." That Europe has handled containment ofMichael Fabiano and Marina Rebeka perform in "La Traviata" at Teatro Real in Madrid, Spain, July 2020.
Matthew Polenzani and Ekaterina Bakanova perform "La Traviata" at Teatro Real in Madrid, Spain, July 2020.
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