The Dallas Opera Presents Guiseppe Verdi’s 1853 Masterpiece, La Traviata
Considered to be one of the world’s most popular operas, Guiseppe Verdi’s tragic romance, La Traviata opens on Friday, October 27, 2017 at the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House in the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas. The performance will be the second production in the Dallas Opera’s Sixty-First International Season sponsored by the Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Family.
La Traviata translated from Italian as, The Fallen Woman presents the melancholy tale of a disastrous romance based on La Dame aux Camélias, a play adapted from a novel by Alexandre Duma fils. Set in 19th century Paris, this magnificent production from Lyric Opera of Chicago stars American soprano Georgia Jarman as the famed courtesan, Violetta Valéry and American tenor René Barbera in his company debut as Alfredo, the naïve young man who falls head-over-heels for her.
Well known for her crystalline tone and unique attention to detail, soprano Georgia Jarman has captivated opera audiences across the U.S and Europe in performances at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Boston Lyric Opera, Atlanta Opera, New Orleans Opera, Florentine Opera, Covent Garden and in 2010 at her Dallas Opera debut as Donna Elvira in W. A. Mozart?s Don Giovanni.

In La Traviata, Ms. Jarman?s forlorn admirer is tenor René Barbera. Some of Mr. Barbera?s recent highlights incl...