La Traviata

In the organizer's words:

Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas the Younger.
In Italian with German surtitles

Verdi's most frequently performed opera about the life, love, suffering and death of a noble courtesan in 19th century Paris strikes at the heart of the matter. Violetta Valéry lives in the luxury of women who are kept, but she is suffering from tuberculosis. Only Alfredo Germont, for whose love Violetta finally gives up her old life, notices. But the past catches up with Violetta: Alfredo's father demands that she separate from his son in order to save the family honor. She bows to his will and leaves Alfredo. The two lovers are only reunited at the hour of her death. Too late, of course. Verdi's Traviata - the woman who strayed from the right path - is a woman who was not understood by the society of her time and whose fate Verdi immortalizes in unearthly beautiful music.