Royal Opera Live Encore Screening: La Traviata

Antonello Manacorda conducts Richard Eyre’s staging of Verdi’s passionate opera based on The Lady Of The Camellias by Alexandre Dumas, which was recorded live om the stage of the Royal Opera House in London. Gravely ill courtesan Violetta Valery insists on a busy social life to keep her male clients satisfied despite her coughing fits. During one such rendezvous, she crosses paths with an admirer, Alfredo Germont, who has worshipped her from afar. He declares his love for Violetta.