St Paul’s Opera in Clapham is again with their summer time opera subsequent month. Having delighted us final yr with Doniz L’elisir d’amore [see my review], the corporate will likely be performing Verdi’s La traviata from 2 to 4 July 2026 at St Paul’s Church, Clapham.
The director is Edwina Strobl, who’s Australian/Austrian, and who was the Younger Artist Director at Opera Holland Park final yr when she was engaged on Jonathan Dove’s Itch and the place she was Assistant Director on this yr’s opening manufacturing, Puccini’s La fanciulla del West.
For La traviata, we are promised a contemporary interpretation of the work by means of a visually hanging and theatrically dynamic staging fusing Victorian morality and with punk revolt. The manufacturing highlights the unconventional nature of Verdi’s celebrated work and takes inspiration from the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of punk, inviting audiences to look anew at a well-loved opera. (The perspicacious amongst you’ll recognise the poster to be a riff on an iconic Intercourse Pistols picture).
The music director is Adrian Salinero, the designer is Pin Chen and the choreographer is Agur Arrien. Violetta is sung by Lizzie Ryder (who we final caught as Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with Hurn Court docket Opera, see our overview) with Christian Joel as Alfredo and Owain Gwynfryn as Germont. There may be additionally a canopy forged, who will likely be performing the household matinée on Saturday 4 July – Valerija Iljin, Tom Lidgley, Emil Vincenzi.
Full particulars from the St Paul’s Opera web site.
