NYC Opera Closes Jonathan Miller's La Traviata at BAM

New York City Opera – in the company's first performances in its Brooklyn Academy Of Music residency – will present a production by director Jonathan Miller of Verdi's La traviata, February 12-18 at BAM's Howard Gilman Opera House. The cast includes soprano Laquita Mitchell – a Brooklyn native as Verdi's fascinating titular heroine.

The work of Jonathan Miller returns to BAM after his contemporary 2009 staging of Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Miller's take on Verdi's opera of love and life – both lost and found – focuses on the psychological drama between the characters, powerfully conveyed with stark realism.

The cast for New York City Opera's La traviata features soprano Laquita Mitchell in her role debut as Violetta, the doomed courtesan who fights for love even as she battles tuberculosis. The young native of New York City was a grand prize winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 2004 and is an alumna of the Houston Grand Opera Studio. She has sung Puccini under Plácido Domingo at Los Angeles Opera and starred as Bess in San Francisco Opera's Porgy and Bess in 2009. The cast also includes Canadian tenor David Pomeroy, making his City Opera debut as Alfredo, Violetta's love. Also making her company debut is director/choreographer Elena Araoz. The sets and costumes are by Isabella Bywater, with lighting design by Robert Wierzel.

Tickets for La traviata and other productions in New York City Opera's 2011-2012 season can be purchased by phone at (212) 870-5600 or online at www.nycopera.com

La traviata

February 12, 1:30 p.m.
February 14, 7:30 p.m.
February 16, 7: 30 p.m.
February 18, 7:30 p.m.

Howard Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music
30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
www.BAM.org

Running Time: 2 hours, 43 minutes. Performed in Italian with English supertitles.

Sponsors and Supporters

New York City Opera's production of La traviata at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music is made possible with the generous support of Charles R. Wall. Leadership support is provided by John and Penelope Biggs.

$25 tickets to La traviata on Sunday, February 12, 2012 are made available thanks to the generosity of The Reed Foundation. $25 tickets to La traviata on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 are made available thanks to the generosity of Charles R. Wall.

New York City Opera gratefully acknowledges Emilie Roy Corey, Michael and Mary Gellert, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, Charles R. Wall, and several anonymous donors for their leadership support of our 2012 Season. The 2012 Season is also made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts. Special thanks to American Airlines, the Official Airline of New York City Opera.

NYCO subscriptions and tickets

Subscriptions and single tickets for New York City Opera's 2011-2012 season can be purchased by phone at (212) 870-5600 or online at www.nycopera.com.