Glyndebourne’s final live cinema screening takes place this Sunday 10 August and it’s Tom Cairns’s elegant production of Verdi’s La traviata starring Venera Gimadieva as Violetta Valéry and Michael Fabiano as Alfredo Germont (both pictured above), and conducted by Mark Elder.
In anticipation of the screening, we have enjoyed listening to Glyndebourne’s podcast about the opera, which you can hear below. Find out why Verdi’s music so powerfully enhances the story of Violetta’s decline and why audiences and performers are drawn to the work time after time.
Remember, you can still download our special digital edition dedicated to Glyndebourne’s 2014 cinema season. It includes a full synopsis of La traviata with details of the cast and crew and a list of participating cinemas, as well as special BBC Music Magazine features about Glyndebourne. Click here to download the free issue in the BBC Music Magazine app now.
Glyndebourne’s production of La traviata continues at Glyndebourne Festival from 8 to 23 August. It will be screened live in cinemas across the UK on Sunday 10 August at 5.30pm. There will be further opportunities to see the production on tour from 4 October to 10 December as part of the 2014 Glyndebourne Tour. Visit: www.glyndebourne.com for more information
Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
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