What makes La traviata the most performed opera? (The Royal Opera)

[@ЗинаидаЗейналова-д5й]

Это моя самая любимая опера! Могу слушать её в любом исполнении бесконечно! Браво великому Верди

[@md.6846]

I’m stil glowing, almost 24 hrs afterwards, one of the most beautiful performances I’ve seen and I have seen a few. I loved Placido, but also all the other singers, including the choir

[@loudspeakers3469]

I just streamed this production with Ermonela Jaho and Charles Castronovo and I was so in love with it!!!

[@sophiapatriot112]

Just saw this opera live and it was moving, I was almost in tears.

[@Lajs657]

Mrs. Jaho is perfect !

[@Swan5656]

Her dress is giving me "think of me" vibes from phantom. I know its based off of another dress worn by Empress Elisabeth of Austria

[@pugh.joseph]

What's phantom?

[@Swan5656]

@@pugh.joseph Phantom of The Opera movie

[@pugh.joseph]

@@Swan5656 oh yh it does remind you of that, well spotted 👍

[@CZKYZ]

I wonder why there isn't Oscars for operas!

[@Tojoj22]

Different genres of art like Broadway. But The academy is changing!! The opera needs to be more original and creative!!

[@msjapan112]

What a powerful soprano!

[@janosnagy7787]

Thank you

[@SandViolet]

A classic performance of this most beautiful and moving of operas. Not that godawful production with the little red dress and the enormous clock- God, how I hate that!

[@carolgibbs8813]

Agreed! We also hated that red dress Traviata.

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Carol Gibbs I saw it once & the level of non artistic display was so disgusting. Natalie Dessay was vocally in another alternative universe. Nebtrebko was even more R RATED. I deleted it from my DVR. TO this day I only have Butterfly with Kristen Oliopas Latvian Soprano. Robert Alagna was not even adequate poor man. The production was very bizarre with a wooden puppet portraying the son/ little boy TROUBLE Etc. We saw the same production in San Francisco about 12 YEARS ago. The 4 of us just tried not to seemed some what 😲.Our daughters in-laws were from Chicago & Mary worked as an User/ Attentdant at CHICAGO LYRIC OPERA IN the late 60s early 70s when she was a student at Loyala University. The other is Cavalier Rusticana with Maria Westbrook Dutch dramatic soprano. Marcello Alvarez etc. PARDON MY SPELLING of these Opera singers my friends.After the 80s The end of the GOLDEN ERA. Opera died for so many of us. But you have all the memories all the vinyls CDs DVDs Etc that will suffice for now my friends. AUDIO Arnold Bourbon Amaral 🌎🌏🌍👱👴🎶🎵🎼 MUSIC WITHOUT BOUNDARIES

[@RomyIlano]

❤️❤️❤️

[@exantria]

🌸🌸🌸💞

[@David-pt8ge]

Why is Traviata the most performed opera? Because houses like Covent Garden programme it ad nauseam, year in year out, often with the same casts. Well, you did ask. There are dozens if not hundreds of operas I would love this house to perform, but they get pushed out by great long runs of the same half dozen operas.

[@irenehathout7417]

They program it ad nauseam because people love it. There are about a dozen operas that get performed ad nauseam. Rigoletto, Trovatore, La Boheme, Tosca, Norma, Lucia etc. The more you hear them, the more you know them, the more you find little details, the more you love them. What is the point of playing I Lombardi, etc. which are not as perfect? They aren't going to get any better with repetition. I've watched most of these operas twenty or thirty times over and I never get tired of them. I always find something new to admire and enjoy.

[@karenhastings8561]

It sells. I go to lots of concerts etc,modern music,half empty halls.

[@David-pt8ge]

@@karenhastings8561 My original post was from 4 years ago. In that time, Traviata has been presented endlessly at Covent Garden. The amount of seats not sold at that their full price, especially in the more expensive seats, has risen again and again. This sort of programming is lazy and at the same time, does not even work in filling seats. I would happily do without Traviaia/ Boheme and Magic Flute for 5 years. I think it also insulting to be told that as an audience that we cannot and will not go to more interesting and diverse repertoire.

[@damon4802]

Why is popular music popular? Because people enjoy hearing it. Same for opera. it's not hard. The most popular operas are popular because people want to hear them.@@David-pt8ge

[@leidannis9544]

see 1:32

[@alanashy3514]

Violetta is a courtesan she is the satine of this opera

[@stevie8763]

They must have picked these heavy legged, so called 'dancers', as volunteers, in the nearby Market.

[@pamelaa.mankowski212]

The only one I can picture doing this is Maria Callas I know I’m young But I know my opera .. sweet mother of all that is holy Maria Callas was energy beauty and power ..

[@horcruxfinder1]

Callas was a great artist but we need to remember opera is about more than just one performance or interpretation. It's brought to life every time it's performed and we're lucky to have amazing singers today too.

[@herrbrucvald6376]

Jaho just doesn't have it. sorry. but she's a good singer. That's just not enough, though

[@karenhastings8561]

I would say on the present scene,she is the best.

[@Rickriquinho]

Short answer: bad taste.

[@manonowen1398]

What do you mean 'bad taste' ???

[@elliebearyy]

And that's when I said "i *hate* opera"