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Opera in three acts with a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on La Dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils

One of the most captivating operas of all time, Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece—drawn from the semi-autobiographical novel La Dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils—invites us into bourgeois Paris, where the profound love between Violetta Valéry and Alfredo Germont unfolds under the sign of sacrifice and suffering.

The production of the Romanian National Opera in Cluj-Napoca, brought to life through a remarkable collaboration with a French creative team—director Nadine Duffaut, Emmanuelle Favre, and Gérard Audier—boldly reimagines the love story at the close of World War II, in a Paris under German occupation. The dazzling soirées of high society are now set in the legendary Hôtel Lutetia, where Violetta’s admirers mingle with members of the Nazi elite, with whom she secretly collaborates. Her tragic end will be shaped not only by illness and heartbreak, but also by the humiliation inflicted by the French liberators.

We warmly invite you to an extraordinary encounter with Verdi’s enchanting La Traviata, in a striking and original interpretation worthy of discovery.

The performance is interpreted in Italian, with Romanian supertitles.

The evening includes two intermissions and concludes at approximately 9:45 p.m.

Recommended age: 7+