Provocative and risqué, La Traviata was interested not in society’s shining façade, but its guilty secrets. Violetta, Verdi’s heroine, is...

By Helena Binder, Director La Traviata -- My preparation for directing any opera starts months before the rehearsals begin. Even if, as...

Provocative and risqué, La Traviata was interested not in society’s shining facade, but its guilty secrets. Violetta, Verdi’s heroine, is...