Event

La Traviata

Verdi's La Traviata is every soprano's dream role. It is a moving adaptation of the Dame aux Camelias story. Violetta, a young courtesan, encounters Alfredo at a party. He attempts to charm her, but she laughs at him, telling him that he can visit her when the flower (of his love) dies. Left alone, she simply can't forget him and begins to wonder if a girl like herself can have a serious love. They retire to the country, where she regains her health, only to be visited by Alfredo's father, who demands that she leave his son. Tearfully and regretfully, she does. Months pass, and Violetta returns to her former life in the city. Here, her illness returns and she finds herself alone and abandoned. Her only consolation is a letter from Georgio Germont, saying he has reconsidered and told Alfredo the truth. In her final hours the pair arrive only to say a final goodbye. Violetta, Elizabeth Lewis Celeste; Alfredo, Matt Chittick; Germont, Riley McMitchell; Flora/Annina, Melissa Howell with Roger Parton, piano.

February is Heart Month and we will be donating partial proceeds of this concert to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.C.