Summer Tour 2025 – La Traviata
Bath Opera is delighted to announce the cast of its forthcoming summer tour of La Traviata, which will be directed by John Clark, with accompaniment and musical direction by Dominic Irving.
“Bath Opera presents a radical new present-day take on Verdi’s ‘La Traviata’ for its
2025 June-July tour.
To be convincing as a present-day setting, we have had to find a deeply conservative
society where it is crucially important to a father in high society that his son must not
marry an outsider – or his daughter’s marriage will itself be put at risk; and where the
son’s beloved belongs to a group of women who are trapped in a honeypot of
pleasure under the control of men.
So we have chosen for our setting the casino in a Middle East country.”
Led by an international cast (Cecilia Zhang from China, and John Haque from
Sweden), this saddest and most musical of Verdi’s operas will enthral, and is a
worthy successor to last year’s acclaimed Don Giovanni, and previous years with
‘Tosca’, ‘The Barber of Seville’, and ‘The Marriage of Figaro’.
Cast of La Traviata, Bath Opera’s 2024 summer tour
Here are the casting decisions of the audition panel for the summer tour of La
Traviata.
– Violetta – Cecilia Zhang – except for two alternate performances on the final
Thursday-Sunday when Mehreen Shah will sing the role
– Alfredo – John Haque
– Germont – David Palmer
– Gaston – Alexander Pinkstone
– Flora – Bethan Maria Evans
– Annina – Mehreen Shah. When Mehreen sings Violetta (see above), Bethan
will sing Annina as well as Flora.
– Doctor (Marquis) – Neil Schofield, except for performances of July 12 th , 18 th ,
19 th
– Baron Douphol. TO BE CAST
Understudies.
o Alex will understudy Alfredo
o Mehreen will understudy Violetta (as well aa sing 2 performances)
o Bethan and Mehreen will understudy each other as Flora and Annina,
singing both roles if necessary (in different acts)
o David Wright will understudy the Doctor (Marquis)
Performances
The venues and performances are as on the poster at the top of the page.
All performances will start at 7.30pm unless advised otherwise.
Booking tickets.
The box office arrangements and ticket prices will vary from venue to venue
Here are the links available for enquiries so far. (They will be updated as
information allows): –
Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. La Traviata
Rondo Theatre, Bath. Ticketsource, 0333 666 3366
Great Chalfield Manor. Picnic gala arranged by the Friends. chalfield@aol.com
Memorial Hall, Wincanton. Summertour.bathopera@outlook.com
Prior Park College. Picnic gala arranged by the Widcombe Association.
Strode Theatre, Street. Verdi’s Traviata
Selwyn Hall, Box. TBA.
Bouverie Hall, Pewsey. TBA
Seend Community Centre. TBA
Horningsham Village Hall. TBA