HANDA OPERA ON SYDNEY HARBOUR LA TRAVIATA 2021
Violetta is the life of every party. A courtesan with a heart of gold, she’s free and free-spirited. Could a little love change everything?
– Music by Verdi
“It’s the perfect potion — the glitzy visuals and hyperactive energy of a Broadway musical mixed with world-class opera.”
Time Out
Raise your glass, flutter those lashes. He’s staring at you, he’s singing for you… Are you tempted?
Violetta is the life of every party. A courtesan with a heart of gold, she’s free and free-spirited. Could a little love change everything?
Experience the joy and heartache of the world’s most popular opera at Sydney’s best night out. Fireworks light up the sky at every performance. A giant chandelier shimmers over the harbour stage. Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour is “the ultimate Sydney experience” (Yahoo! Travel).
In 2021, we present La Traviata: the story that inspired Moulin Rouge.
Arrive early to enjoy drinks or dinner at one of the five pop-up bars and restaurants on site. Drink in the view as the setting sun glimmers over the city skyline. Then take your seats in the comfortable grandstand to enjoy “a ravishing visual spectacle” (Huffington Post).
The 3.5-tonne chandelier sparkles with 10,000 crystals. The biggest scenes feature 70 performers on stage and party boats in the harbour.
Verdi’s score offers flying melodies, rousing drinking songs and heartbreaking duets. Brian Castles-Onion conducts the opera, with a live orchestra hidden under the stage.
cast & creative
Violetta Valèry Stacey Alleaume (26, 28, 31 March; 3, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24 April)and Jessica Nuccio (27, 30 March; 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25 April)
Alfredo Germont Rame Lahaj (26, 28, 31 March; 3, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24 April) and Paul O’Neill (27, 30 March; 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25 April)
Giorgio Germont Michael Honeyman(26, 28, 31 March; 3, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24 April) and José Carbó(27, 30 March; 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25 April)
Flora Bervoix Celeste Haworth
Annina Danita Weatherstone
Gastone John Longmuir
Baron Douphol Alexander Sefton
Marquis D’Obigny Andrew Moran
Doctor GrenvilGennadi Dubinsky
Opera Australia Orchestra & Opera Australia Chorus
Conductor Brian Castles-Onion AM
Director Constantine Costi
Based on an original production by Francesca Zambello
Set Designer Brian Thomson
Costume Designer Tess Schofield
Lighting Designer John Rayment
Choreographer Shannon Burns
Assistant Director Warwick Doddrell and Tabatha McFadyen
Sound Designer Des O’Neill