{"id":21987,"date":"2012-09-25T01:33:39","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T08:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=21987"},"modified":"2012-09-25T01:33:39","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T08:33:39","slug":"inaki-urlezaga-la-traviata-at-the-israeli-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=21987","title":{"rendered":"I\u00f1aki Urlezaga La Traviata at the Israeli Opera"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I\u00f1aki Urlezaga – La Traviata\/Photo courtesy of PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

La Traviata<\/em>, the ballet inspired by Giuseppe Verdi\u2019s opera, will be performed at the Israeli Opera from October 22 \u2013 27, 2012. Argentine dancer\/choreographer\u00a0 I\u00f1aki Urlezaga presents a new interpretation of the classic story of the \u201cfallen woman\u201d who sacrifices her own happiness for the sake of her lover.<\/p>\n

Originating with Alexander Dumas\u2019 novel La Dame aux Camellias<\/em> (1848), the story has enjoyed many versions and adaptations over the years, from the first stage production in Paris in 1852, to Verdi\u2019s opera in 1853 (changing the name of the heroine from Marguerite Gautier to Violetta Val\u00e9ry) and several stage and film adaptations. A pantheon of actresses have played the role of the virtuous demi-mondaine, among them: Sarah Bernhardt, Lillian Gish, Eleonora Duse, Tallulah Bankhead, Isabelle Adjani, Isabelle Huppert, and one of my favorites \u2013 Greta Garbo in the George Cukor film Camille (1936).<\/p>\n

If the story alone were not romantic enough, Verdi\u2019s score is certain to sweep you off your feet in Louis Gorelik\u2019s symphonic. Urlezaga\u2019s company, Ballet Concierto, will perform the neo-classical ballet, a work in two acts, with a large cast and lavish, specially designed costumes. Enjoy!
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\nUrlezaga\u2019s La Traviata<\/em> will be performed at the Israeli Opera: October 22 at 20:00; October 23 at 20:00; October 25 at 20:00; October 26 at 13:00; and October 27 at 20:00. Israeli Opera, 19 Sderot Shaul Hamelech, 03-6927777.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

La Traviata, the ballet inspired by Giuseppe Verdi\u2019s opera, will be performed at the Israeli Opera from October 22 \u2013 27, 2012. Argentine dancer\/choreographer\u00a0 I\u00f1aki Urlezaga presents a new interpretation of the classic story of the \u201cfallen woman\u201d who sacrifices her own happiness for the sake of her lover. Originating with Alexander Dumas\u2019 novel La […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}