University Opera: La traviata

202303mar7:30 pm8:30 pmUniversity Opera: La traviata

Time

(Friday) 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location

Music Hall

925 Bascom Mall

Event Details

Purchase tickets
General admission: $30
Senior: $25
Student (UW–Madison and all other): $10

Literally translated as “The Fallen Woman,” La traviata is probably Verdi’s best-known masterpiece. Violetta is a high-class courtesan and the most celebrated figure of the glamorous Parisian social scene. She loves her life – carefree, attached to no-one, her own woman. But Violetta is also seriously ill.

Enter Alfredo, a poet who shows Violetta real, unconditional love for the first time. She falls for him, abandons her career, and the two escape to a country retreat to live in domestic bliss. Until Alfredo’s father shows up. Unhappy with how his son’s relationship with a “fallen woman” is damaging the family’s reputation, he persuades Violetta to end things with Alfredo and return to Paris.

Later on, Alfredo’s father is remorseful and finally reveals to his son the reason Violetta left him. Alfredo rushes to be with her, but Violetta’s sickness is now much worse… is it too late?

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Music Hall925 Bascom Mall