{"id":74439,"date":"2022-03-16T14:23:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T18:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=74439"},"modified":"2022-03-16T14:23:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T18:23:13","slug":"scoop-canadian-opera-company-returns-mainstage-la-traviata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2022\/03\/16\/scoop-canadian-opera-company-returns-mainstage-la-traviata\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Canadian Opera Company Returns To The Mainstage With La Traviata"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"COC-LA_TRAVIATA\"<\/p>\n

For over two years, Toronto opera fans have been waiting for April 23, 2022.<\/p>\n

This day marks the first in-person mainstage opera performance at the Canadian Opera Company\u2019s since the pandemic began.<\/p>\n

On the bill is one of the most celebrated operas in history, Verdi’s La Traviata.<\/em><\/p>\n

This revival production was last performed at the COC with Arin Arbus in October as part of their 2015\/16 season. Before that, Russian provocateur<\/em> Dimitri Bertman led the production in 1999. It was later revived (and rather watered down) in 2007.<\/p>\n

This time around, Arbus returns to direct. She’s known for her deeply moving productions, and thus, this could be a fit for an audience warm to a more emotional approach.<\/p>\n

What to expect<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Recalling the original production<\/a>, expect big and bold party scenes, heavy and hot period costumes, and show-stopping arias from an eager cast.<\/p>\n

Director Arin Arbus described<\/a> reproduction as \u201ca deeply drawn psychological portrait of a woman struggling to survive in a moneyed, stratified patriarchy. And that, unfortunately, remains an important story\u201d.<\/p>\n

The line-up<\/strong><\/h4>\n