La Traviata.

Opera in tre atti di Giuseppe Verdi

Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino - Firenze - Italy
2022
Completed
Opera

A transposition into the Paris of 1968, characterized this staging of La Traviata freely inspired by the cult "Belle de Jour" by Luis Buñuel.

A transposition into the Paris of 1968, that of a free socio-sexual life demanded and implemented, characterized this staging of La Traviata by the Maggio Fiorentino, freely inspired by the cult film "Belle de Jour" by Luis Buñuel.

The scene is imagined in a sort of sixties casino, in which an old smoking waitress wanders, who since the prelude brings coffee to the various rooms, from which customers emerge from time to time; between feminist slogans that appear majestically on the walls, video wall paintings and projections that come to life among the impetuous chiaroscuro that characterize the scenes.

La Traviata, opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi with libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, directed by Davide Livermore, sets by Giò Forma.


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Soprano raising a champagne bottle beside an old waitress, giant projected portraits on the panelled walls – La Traviata at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence, Italy, 2022 – opera set design
Couples emerging from numbered hotel doors, the slogan "Mon corps, mon choix" projected on a screen – La Traviata at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence, Italy, 2022 – opera set designWide view of the grey panelled set with numbered doors and wall lamps, a woman kneeling at the centre – La Traviata at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence, Italy, 2022 – opera set design
Party scene with the chorus in 1960s costumes raising their arms under a paper lantern, kaleidoscopic projection behind – La Traviata at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence, Italy, 2022 – opera set designSinger in a sequinned dress and gold boots walking past a numbered door and a mirrored video panel – La Traviata at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence, Italy, 2022 – opera set design
Chorus in colourful 1960s dress before a giant projected bull drawing, crystal chandeliers on either side – La Traviata at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence, Italy, 2022 – opera set designA woman in a shirt facing a glowing white doorway while others gather around a red sofa on stepped platforms – La Traviata at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence, Italy, 2022 – opera set design
Wide view of a photo studio set with white drapes, a round light and performers posing on sofas – La Traviata at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence, Italy, 2022 – opera set designWeathered wall with large windows and the graffiti "Sous les pavés la plage", a singer standing alone in front – La Traviata at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence, Italy, 2022 – opera set design
Render of the set: curved grey wall with a giant projected eye above a pile of furniture and footlights – La Traviata at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence, Italy, 2022 – opera set designRender of the set with a curved grey wall, a draped central opening and furniture heaped along the front – La Traviata at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence, Italy, 2022 – opera set design