Verdi's most frequently performed opera, about the life, love, suffering, and death of a courtesan in 19th-century Paris, strikes a chord deep within. Violetta Valéry lives in the luxury of being kept by courtesans, but she is suffering from tuberculosis. Only Alfredo Germont, for whose love Violetta ultimately abandons her old life, notices. But the past catches up with Violetta: Alfredo's father demands that she break up with his son to save the family honor. She submits to his will and leaves Alfredo. Only in the hour of her death are the two lovers reunited. Too late, of course. Verdi's Traviata—the one who has strayed from the straight and narrow—is a woman who was misunderstood by the society of her time, and whose fate Verdi immortalizes in music of sublime beauty.

La traviata

Theater Osnabrück

We are guests at the Cologne Philharmonic Hall and are celebrating the new year there with a very special double portion of Beethoven: "All men become brothers" promises the overwhelming finale of his Ninth, the famous setting of Schiller's "Ode to Joy" for four soloists, choir and orchestra. Before that, a work by our Composer in Focus Philipp Maintz is on the program. Maintz, a native of Aachen, was inspired to write his short orchestral piece "red china green house" by the conversation books of the deaf Beethoven. He describes the underlying mood as "bright, light, summery - and a little mischievous" - a promising start to the new year!

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New Year's Concert Cologne

Museum Ludwig

We are celebrating the new year with a very special double portion of Beethoven: "All men will become brothers" promises the overwhelming finale of his Ninth, the famous setting of Schiller's "Ode to Joy" for four soloists, choir and orchestra. Before that, a work by our Composer in Focus Philipp Maintz is on the program. Maintz, a native of Aachen, was inspired to write his short orchestral piece red china green house by the conversation books of the deaf Beethoven. He describes the underlying mood as "bright, light, summery - and a little mischievous" - a promising start to the new year!

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Jan 10, 2026

La traviata · Theater Osnabrück

Jan 5, 2025

New Year's Concert Cologne · Sinfonieorchester Aachen

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Alfredo Germont in La traviata by Verdi

Theater Osnabrück

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