Violetta Takes the Bus

What happens when opera's Violetta boards a bus - seconds before she falls helplessly for Alfredo? She is dying, but wants to live. Violetta from Verdi's La Traviata is one of the passengers, and as familiar places pass by the bus window, she sings out her pain and longing.

The opera platform SAD GIRLS creates together with Riksteatern an opera that cuts close to the heart, where Verdi's melodies meet a contemporary electronic soundscape. The music is newly composed by composer and arranger Joel Janson Johansen, with a new libretto by Sanna Strandberg Colling.

Performance length: 1 hour

Music: Joel Janson Johansen, Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Sanna Strandberg Colling, Francesco Maria Piave
Concept and direction: Sanna Strandberg Colling
Costume design and scenography: Toni Tora Botwid
Light design: Thabiso K. Persson
Dramaturgy: Felicia Ohly

Violetta: Elisabeth Meyer
Alfredo: Daniel Rosenberg
Musicians: Benjamin Lavén

A co-production with SAD GIRLS.