Date: 17 May 2025 (Saturday)
Time: from 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Venue: Laundry Steps, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong
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The Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong is thrilled to invite you to attend a great evening dedicated to Italian Opera masterpiece La Traviata right in the heart of Hong Kong!
The evening will be a combination of both live performance and a screening to discover and appreciate this great Italian Opera classic: the first part of the evening will be focused on the Italian melodies live performance with a sharing session with the audience while the second part will be dedicated to the “The Traviata Story” screening featuring the archives from the Metropolitan Opera of New York (2019 – 2025 season).
Programme:
7:30pm – 8:00pm – Italian melodies live performance with soprano Phoebe Tam
8:00pm – 9:30pm – “The Traviata Story” screening
About the Opera
La Traviata is one of the world’s most beloved operas—a powerful tale of love, loss, and redemption, set to Verdi’s unforgettable music.
At the heart of this opera is Violetta Valéry, a dazzling courtesan of Parisian high society—brilliant, beautiful, and dying. Her world is forever changed when she falls in love with the young, idealistic Alfredo Germont. For the first time, she dares to dream of a life beyond the glittering salons—one of true love and quiet happiness. But happiness comes at a price. Faced with family pressure and the unforgiving morals of society, Violetta makes the ultimate sacrifice: giving up the man she loves to preserve his family’s honor.
Heartbreaking and timeless, La Traviata is a poignant portrait of love, loss, and the courage to do what’s right—even at the cost of one’s own heart. And you’ll hear some of opera’s most iconic arias (Sempre libera, Addio del passato) performed live by Hong Kong star soprano Phoebe Tam plus world famous singers on the big screen at Tai Kwun.
This May, we invite you to discover Violetta’s unforgettable journey through a captivating evening of music.
“Love is the heartbeat of universe.” – Experience Violetta’s story in a night filled with music, insight and wonder and let Verdi’s music sweep you away!