La Traviata in a Norwegian setting
It was a completely new version of Verdi's opera La Traviata that on Midsummer's Eve launched Drakamöllans three day-operafestival. "In our set of, we have changed the 19th-century Paris against a Norwegian fjordlandskap at the same time, "said Guido Paevatalu, artistic and musical director of the opera festival, "the idea was raised when we was asked to perform later this summer at the Drakamöllans sister arena; Åmot Opera farm in Norway.
Fjords in the surroundings of Åmot Opera farm was already in the 19th century a place of pilgrimage for salmon fishermen from all over the world. Europe's royalty gathered here along with counts and barons in order to experience the spectacular fishing. Love the drama of Violetta and Alfredo are in this set a meeting between the Norwegian peasant culture, a baron and the worldly life he brings. There will be a process that places love at its tip.