Violetta Takes the Bus

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

The opera platform SAD GIRLS and Riksteatern create together an intimate opera where Verdi's melodies meet an electronic soundscape with new music by Joel Janson Johansen. The concept and newly written libretto are 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.