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. 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 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 and arranged by composer Joel Janson Johansen, the libretto by Sanna Strandberg Colling (who also handles concept and direction). Performance length: 1 hour.

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

Violetta: Elisabeth Meyer - Alfredo: Daniel Rosenberg - Musician: Benjamin Lavén

A co-production with SAD GIRLS.