St. Margarethen: La Traviata

Оперный фестиваль в Санкт-Маргаретен: Травиата

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Actors

Violetta Valery

Kristiane Kaiser

Alfredo Germont

Jean-François Borras

Giorgio Germont

Georg Tichy

Flora Bervoix

Magdalena Anna Hofmann

Crew

Artistic Director

Wolfgang Werner

Stage Director

Robert Herzl

Video Directors

Rudi Dolezal, Hannes Rossacher

Conductor

Ernst Märzendorfer

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A fascinating production of La Traviata formed the 2008 opera season highlight at one of Europe's most important open-air festivals: the Opera Festival St. Margarethen.

The dazzling production, set in a rustically romantic Roman quarry, was recorded live in July 2008. This video captures the beauty of the open-air production against a stunning backdrop of Austrian mountains. Stage designer Manfred Waba sets the tragic story about the demi-mondaine Violetta Valéry and her admirer Alfredo Germont in an evocative replica of the Parisian Opéra Garnier, with lavish sets and patrons watching from stage boxes. His and Robert Herzl's unique interpretation is intelligent and effective. In the lead roles, Austria's promising opera talent Kristiane Kaiser and Jean-François Borras, a young French tenor, provide for a musically and visually attractive viewing.

Special project

St. Margarethen: Opera in the Quarry

One of the most extraordinary opera festivals takes place in the ancient Roman quarry of St. Margarethen. Majestic, grandiose sets, hundreds of actors and singers, horses and elephants, astounding pyrotechnic displays—never before has opera come so close to its perfect embodiment! →