Opera is full of hardcore traditionalists who do not want to see the biggies by Mozart, Verdi and Puccini modernized and otherwise updated with laptops, and talk of cellphones, texting, instant ...

Verdi’s “La traviata” is one of the most popular operas of all time, filled with all the vital ingredients of a classic: beautiful arias, a romantic story line, a doomed heroine and a passionate hero.

Peter Konwitschny’s ‘Traviata’ travesty doesn’t get any better on a second viewing. His view is that this is a social drama in which Violetta is the only real person, with the chorus like a ...

La Boheme moves from freezing Parisian garret to bustling cafe; La Traviata goes from opulent ballroom to grand house fallen on hard times, to rundown room as the poor heroine dies penniless. Most of ...

The San Diego Opera concluded its successful 2024-25 season Sunday with a triumphant staging of Verdi’s beloved La Traviata (The Fallen Woman). From conception to execution — most notably, soprano ...

Soprano Andriana Chuchman as Violetta in the San Diego Opera’s production of “La Traviata.” (Photo by J. Katarzyna Woronowicz/San Diego Opera) The San Diego Opera concluded its successful 2024-25 ...