{"id":18509,"date":"2026-04-17T18:27:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/?p=18509"},"modified":"2026-04-17T18:27:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:27:42","slug":"observer-la-traviata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/2026\/04\/17\/observer-la-traviata\/","title":{"rendered":"OBSERVER: La Traviata"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opera Australia presents a new staging of Verdi\u2019s most famous opera, La Traviata, which will have its Melbourne premiere at the Regent Theatre on May 8 in a season running until May 19.<br>The production, directed by Sarah Giles, brings Violetta\u2019s inner world to the fore in a staging that delves into the heartache behind the glamour.<br>Melbourne born soprano Stacey Alleaume and Italian Maria Laura Iacobellis offer distinctive interpretations of Violetta, while rising star Filipe Manu makes his role debut as Alfredo.<br>Under conductor Giampaolo Bisanti Orchestra Victoria, the Opera Australia Chorus and cast will draw audiences into Verdi\u2019s masterpiece.<br>Performance Season: May 8-19<br>Venue: Regent Theatre, Melbourne<br>Tickets: from $79<br>Bookings: opera.org.au\/productions\/la-traviata-melbourne\/<br><strong>Cheryl Threadgold<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pictured: Stacey Alleaume as Violetta in La Traviata.. Photo: Eugene Hyland<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opera Australia presents a new staging of Verdi\u2019s most famous opera, La Traviata, which will have its Melbourne premiere at the Regent Theatre on May 8 in a season running until May 19.The production, directed by Sarah Giles, brings Violetta\u2019s inner world to the fore in a staging that delves into the heartache behind the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_siteseo_robots_primary_cat":"none","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-observer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18517,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18509\/revisions\/18517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}