TRAVIATA, YOU DESERVE A BETTER FUTURE

THÉÂTRE D’APRÈS VERDI (OUTSIDE THE THÉÂTRE DU NORD)

“ The day arrives and we must leave. ”

It is always exalting to discover what we thought we knew… Under the initiative of stage director Benjamin Lazar, musical director Florent Hubert and actress Judith Chemla, this “Intimate Traviata” has become quite a success: since its premiere in Paris and its subsequent tours, it has established a deep emotional connection with its audience. “A strong scent of reality hovers over La Traviata, in the life and death of this devoted woman that rings more true than those of other lyric heroines”, wrote Benjamin Lazar, who, in this version halfway between theatre and opera, offers an attentive reading from the Verdi classic, respecting its origins to better reveal its modernity. In association with the Théâtre du Nord, the Lille Opera presents this adaptation in its partner-host’s more intimate structure. Actress Judith Chemla, who was remarkable as Dido in Le Crocodile Trompeur by Samual Achache and Jeanne Candel, now takes on the role of Violetta, with boundless commitment, breathing into it her own aspiration “to live shamelessly – to be consumed without filter – to be delivered to the flames of experience”. A passionate specialist on all things baroque, Benjamin Lazar here confronts the decadent languor and nocturnal passions of the 19th century, “where exaggerated romanticism resembles a flower already too far opened”, where voluptuous feasts break up at the break of day, and where loves are as bitter as they are absolute

Traviata - vous méritez un avenir meilleur 
D’après La Traviata de Giuseppe Verdi 
Conception Benjamin Lazar, Florent Hubert et Judith Chemla

Mise en scène Benjamin Lazar
Arrangements et direction musicale Florent Hubert et Paul Escobar

Avec
Florent Baffi le Médecin
Safir Behloul Alfredo Germont
Jérôme Billy Giorgio Germont
Renaud Charles flûte
Élise Chauvin (les 17/20/25/28 avril) et Juliette Séjourné (les 18/21/26/29 avril) / Flora Bervoix et Anina
Judith Chemla (les 17/20/25/28 avril) et Élise Chauvin (les 18/21/26/29 avril) / Violetta Valéry
Axelle Ciofolo clarinette
Myrtille Hetzel violoncelle
Bruno Le Bris contrebasse
Gabriel Levasseur accordéon
Sébastien Llado trombone
Benjamin Locher cor / Baron Douphol
Marie Salvat violon