Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Only some of opera's heroes and heroines are distant mythological figures. Many operas sought to portray real life. Some, such as Giuseppe Verdi's popular opera "La Traviata," are even based on a real people. Pittsburgh Opera music director Antony Walker, who will conduct "La Traviata" to open the company's season, thought it would be more of a challenge to return to this opera than it has proved to be. It's been 10 years since he last worked on it.
Sunday, October 09, 2011
Verdi's 'La Traviata' draws from a true courtesan's tale
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Only some of opera's heroes and heroines are distant mythological figures. Many operas sought to portray real life. Some, such as Giuseppe Verdi's popular opera "La Traviata," are even based on a real people. Pittsburgh Opera music director Antony Walker, who will conduct "La Traviata" to open the company's season, thought it would be more of a challenge to return to this opera than it has proved to be. It's been 10 years since he last worked on it.
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I find it really interesting that this article mentions the conductor not having done 'La Traviata' for 10 years, and that this is a stretch. While opera is a growing field in that new ones are being written, so much more of it is about repertory and the classics. So often we see one singer play the same star role in 6 productions, to the point where the two become inseparable. This is very different from theatre, where there is lots of readily available new work, and one is always moving on to the next show. Just an interesting difference to consider.
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