I think I got some for my school friends.” Years later, the 44-year-old Italian is revival director of La Traviata at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre Liceu. To those outside the rarefied world of ...

The arias of La traviata are instantly recognisable. Yet at its London premiere in 1856, it was denounced for bringing 'the poetry of the brothel' to the stage and unleashing uncomfortable truths ...

She found her instantly compelling. In 2011, she made her debut as Violetta in a production of La Traviata by the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Since then, it has become one of her signature roles.

Singers perform in front of the giant onstage mirror during La Traviata at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Wednesday. [Photo provided to China Daily] Massive mirror ...

At the heart of the National Centre for the Performing Arts' production of Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata lies an exquisite visual element: a giant mirror that dominates the stage.