Orphée et Eurydice: week 4 - week 3 - week 2 - week 1
La Traviata: week 3 - week 2 - week 1
Tea: A Mirror of Soul: week 4 - week 3 - week 2 - week 1
Madama Butterfly: week 4 - week 3 - week 2 - week 1

La traviata - Week Two

Director Robert Driver has updated this timeless romantic masterpiece to the roaring 1920’s in Paris to show the generational gap between the older generation stuck in the previous century and the younger generation devoted to decadent parties and dancing.

In keeping with the 1920’s time period, as the curtain rises, dancers Scott Lowe and Joy Havens kick up their heels with a little Charleston and are joined later by the rest of the OCP Chorus.

Violetta, soprano Leah Partiridge greets the guests at her elegant dinner party including Marchese D’Obigny, sung by baritone Thomas Shivone (left), and Gastone, sung by tenor Christopher Tiesi (right).

In the Act I party of La traviata, (from left to right) tenor Charles Castronovo as Alfredo, baritone Jeremy Milner as Dr. Grenvil, soprano Leah Partridge as Violetta, and tenor Christopher Tiesi  as Gastone gather around the table at the elegant dinner party.

Costume Designer Richard St. Clair carefully pins and adjusts OCP Chorus member Dawn Hoffmann’s 1920’s style costume.

Violetta, soprano Leah Partridge, entertains the some of the guests at her party, Baron Douphol, baritone Eric Dubin, and Flora, soprano Allison Sanders.

Tenor Charles Castronovo makes his Opera Company of Philadelphia debut as the young Alfredo, who falls in love with Violetta, soprano Leah Partridge, from the moment they meet.