Tuesday, May 12, 2026 • 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

FREE for members/$10 nonmembers

Three actors, with no sets or opera singers, choose to tell the story of “La Traviata” by relying solely on the evocative power of theatre. Through Bottega di Cyrano’s original method, “A Free Opera in Prose®,” Verdi’s music becomes a dramaturgical soundtrack, famous arias are reborn through spoken performance, and the story of Violetta and Alfredo becomes universal. Irony and pathos, lightness and tragedy intertwine in a performance capable of moving audiences anywhere: theatres, squares, courtyards, and villages. A form of popular art that restores opera to its vital, contemporary power.

Written, directed and performed by Andrea Caldi, Fabio Fassio and Elena Romano

Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

Based on La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils

Produced by Bottega di Cyrano – Teatro degli Acerbi