James Gaffigan conducts Verdi's La Traviata

Verbier Festival 2026

Cast

Ana Oniani  — Violetta Valéry

Michael McDermott  — Alfredo Germont

David Roy  — Giorgio Germont

Marie-Juliette Ghazarian  — Flora Bervoix

Fanny Soyer  — Annina

Sebastian Hill  — Gastone

Redmond Sanders  — Baron Douphol

Jasurbek Khaydarov  — Doctor Grenvil

Program notes

Meet some of the most exciting rising stars of the opera scene in Verdi's La Traviata at the 2026 Verbier Festival. This famed audience favorite owes its success in no small part to its brilliant sense of theatricality and orchestration, as well as the timeless tragedy of its protagonist Violetta Valéry, a courtesan who catches a glimpse at a better life when she falls in love with the bourgeois Alfredo Germont. Because of her social status, high society cannot abide their union, and she must finally renounce her love — an abnegation from which she will not recover — in order to salvage the reputation of Alfredo and his family. After weeks of intensive rehearsals, the singers of the Verbier Festival Academy's Atelier Lyrique are ready to bring the characters of this opera masterpiece to life, accompanied by the Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra under the baton of James Gaffigan.

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