September 2014
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Lyrical, heartbreaking & unforgettable!! THE 46th Glyndebourne Tour is making a welcome return to the Regent Theatre, with life-affirming, world-class opera, Verdi’s ‘La Traviata’, in December!
shadow of death, grasps life and lives it to the full. Intensely passionate and tragic, ‘La traviata’ remains one of the most popular operas of all time.
of of his powers, it is lyrical, heartbreaking and unforgettable, appealing directly to the emotions and resulting in an opera which invents itself anew for every generation. Director, Tom Cairn’s, production of ‘La traviata’ features exciting, new conductor, David Afkham, fresh from conducting in the Glyndebourne Festival.
Lauded as “simply the greatest, all-round opera experience available in this country, with the best casts, the most lovinglyprepared productions and eagerest chorus, composed of tomorrow’s stars”by BBC Music Magazine, the Glyndebourne Tour has brought opera to millions across Britain since 1968.
American tenor, Zach Borichevsky, makes his UK debut, singing Alfredo Germont, alongside Russian soprano, Irina Dubrovkaya, who is singing at Glyndebourne for the first time.
The tour was founded by Sir George Christie, whose father began Glyndebourne Festival in 1934, and continues today with the same two aims: to make opera more accessible to people throughout the UK and to develop emerging talent. Transferring direct from Glyndebourne’s renowned summer festival, this is a new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s masteriece: the story of a ‘fallen woman’ who, in the
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Lauren Easton, who made her Tour debut in 2012, makes a triumphant return to sing the role of Flora Bervoix. ‘La traviata’ can be enjoyed at The Regent on Tuesday, December 9th, and Wednesday, December 10th, at 7.15pm.
VENERA Gimadieva as Violetta. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith.
Written by Verdi (1813-1901) at the peak
Tickets are available from The Regent Theatre Box Office on 0844 871 7649 or by visiting www.atgtickets.com/stoke
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