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Photos: First Look At North Carolina Opera's LA TRAVIATA

Performances are Friday, October 27, 2023 at 7:30PM and Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 2:00PM.

By: Oct. 26, 2023
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North Carolina Opera is presenting Verdi’s LA TRAVIATA this weekend at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium in the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh, NC. Performances are Friday, October 27, 2023 at 7:30PM and Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 2:00PM. Tickets start at just $25 and are available online at ncopera.org. LA TRAVIATA kicks off NCO’s highly-anticipated 2023/24 season, for which it has sold the most subscription packages in company history.

Get a first look at photos below!

The audience-favorite production is led by returning conductor Joseph Mechavich (DON GIOVANNILA BOHÈME), with stage direction by Nashville Opera’s John Hoomes. “From early rehearsals I can already tell you that this show will feature some of the finest singers we have ever had in Raleigh,” Mitchko states. Singing the role of Violetta is soprano Vanessa Vasquez. Vanessa won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 2017, and has since sung leading roles with Santa Fe Opera, Washington National Opera, and the Canadian Opera Company. Tenor Jonathan Johnson takes on the role of Alfredo, her lover. Jonathan is a graduate of UNC School of the Arts, and also studied at the Ryan Opera Center for young artists at Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Romanian-American baritone Andrew Manea will perform the role of Giorgio Germont, Alfredo’s father. The former San Francisco Opera Adler Fellow now resides in Durham, North Carolina. Local North Carolina vocalists also include Jason Karn as Gastone, Lawrence Hall as Baron Douphol, Jacob Cortes as the Marquis d’Obigny, Christian Blackburn as Dr. Grenvil, Erica Jackson as Flora Bervoix, and Gretchen Bruesehoff as Annina.

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LA TRAVIATA cast

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Vanessa Vasquez and the cast of LA TRAVIATA

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Jonathan Johnson

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Vanessa Vasquez

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Vanessa Vasquez

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Vanessa Vasquez and Andrew Manea

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Andrew Manea

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Erica Jackson

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Dancers of LA TRAVIATA

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Jason Karn and the cast of LA TRAVIATA

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Vanessa Vasquez and Jonathan Johnson

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Vanessa Vasquez and Jonathan Johnson




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