Stuttgart - Staatstheater La Traviata at the Staatstheater
Experience Verdi's moving opera «La Traviata» at the stylish Staatstheater. Enjoy your stay at the elegant Hotel Steigenberger in the heart of the city. A particular highlight is the exclusive guided tour of the Staatsgalerie, with masterpieces from a variety of eras. A trip that combines operatic delight, art and first-class hospitality.
Dates and prices
- 2027
| 29.03. - 31.03.2027 | Mo. - Mi. | from CHF 1'350.- |
Day 1: Switzerland – Stuttgart
After your arrival at the elegant Hotel Steigenberger, you will enjoy a relaxed lunch in the hotel restaurant. Afterwards, a guided city tour will show you the most beautiful sides of Stuttgart – from the Baroque Neues Schloss and the magnificent Königstrasse to the imposing Stiftskirche (duration 1.5 hours). After some free time, the day comes to a delightful close with a dinner together at the hotel.
Day 2: Stuttgart & Opera
After breakfast at the hotel, an exclusive highlights tour of the Staatsgalerie awaits you, with masterpieces from Holbein to Picasso. The afternoon is at your leisure. In the early evening you will enjoy a light 2-course meal. You will then experience Verdi's «La Traviata», a moving opera about love, social constraints and tragic renunciation. With its timeless melodies, it is among the most famous and best-loved masterpieces of Italian opera.
Day 3: Stuttgart - Tübingen - Switzerland
After breakfast at the hotel, you will travel to picturesque Tübingen, where winding lanes, colourful half-timbered houses and the view of the Neckar with its punts create the charm of the old town. The stay is at your leisure – for strolling, discovering or simply relaxing. To conclude the journey, a meal together awaits you in a traditional inn serving regional cuisine.
CarRouge
The Premium vehicles are state of the art and offer generous space: 3 luxury seats per row, individually adjustable headrests and an interior height of 2.10 m create a unique sense of space.
- 30 wide, luxurious Premium armchairs in a 2+1 seating layout
- Generous seat pitch of 90 cm
- Seat belts at every seat
- Height-adjustable footrest, adjustable backrests and armrests
- A unique sense of space thanks to an interior height of 2.10 metres
- Multichannel sound system at every seat, lane assist and adaptive cruise control
- Free Wi-Fi/internet in Europe
INCLUDED
- Journey by Car Rouge, 2+1 seating
- Music tour manager from/to Switzerland
- Accommodation in a carefully selected 5* hotel
- 2 x BB (room/breakfast buffet)
- 1 x lunch on arrival, drinks included
- 1 x 3-course dinner, drinks included
- 1 x 2-course dinner, drinks included
- 1 x lunch on the return journey, drinks included
- 1 x opera ticket, 2nd category
- Walking tour of the city
- Guided tour of the Staatsgalerie
- Car Rouge audio system
Hotels
You will stay at the elegant 5* Steigenberger Hotel Graf Zeppelin in the heart of Stuttgart. The Staatsoper is just a few minutes' walk away.
About the opera
Giuseppe Verdi: «La Traviata» – «A quell amor ch’è palpito!»
The starting point for Verdi's opera is the French novel «La dame aux camélias» by Alexandre Dumas fils, which was turned into a successful play. The Italian librettist Francesco Maria Piave, who had already written the libretti for Verdi from «Ernani» to «Rigoletto», also provided the composer with the literary source for the three-act opera «La Traviata», which Verdi completed in 45 days. It premiered on 6 March 1853 at the Teatro La Fenice. Yet it was only a revised version and a new production on 6 May 1854 at Venice's Teatro San Benedetto that brought the opera its definitive breakthrough.
Violetta surrenders herself to the pleasures of a party, thereby soothing her suffering. She dines among friends: Vicomte Gaston, Alfredo Germont, Flora Bervoix, Baron Douphol. Alfredo sings the Brindisi drinking song: «Libiamo ne’lieti calici». There is waltzing. Violetta turns pale and looks at herself in the mirror: «Oh qual pallor!» She asks Alfredo bluntly: «Da molto è che mi amate?» In the duet «Un di felice» the two confess their love. She hands him a camellia from her bodice, which he is to return only when it has withered. Alfredo's words of love about the «palpito dell’universo intero» touch her heart: «E strano!» She speaks of her youthful longing for a man of the future. Yet she wishes to remain free and to enjoy the pleasures of the moment.
In a country house, Alfredo raves about Violetta, who for his sake has avoided the lavish parties in the city for three months. Worried, the maid Annina reports that Violetta intends to sell her belongings, horses and carriages. She needs «mille luigi». Flora writes to Violetta at her new refuge and invites her to the party in Paris. Germont, Alfredo's father, visits her and learns of the letter about her plans to sell. He demands «un sacrificio», a sacrifice. «Pura siccome un angelo». He hints at his daughter's relationship, who can only marry if Alfredo returns to the bosom of the family and saves its honour. He demands that Violetta give up Alfredo. Almost cynically, he explains the advantages of a separation and says that heaven has not blessed the union. Her hope fades that she, as a fallen woman, a «traviata», will one day be raised up again. She invokes the pure maiden: «Dite alla giovine si bella e pura». Germont comforts her: «Piangi, o misera!» She is to tell Alfredo that she does not love him! Violetta throws herself upon Germont's breast: «Qual figlia m’abbracciate, forte cosi sarò». She is ready to die as a sacrifice to her love: «Conoscva il sacrificio».
Father and son fall into each other's arms. Germont reminds him of happier times and of the voice of honour («la voce dell’onor»). Alfredo swears revenge at Flora's party. The Marquis D’Obigny spreads the rumour that Alfredo and Violetta have separated. Enter the «Cori di Zingarelle e di Mattadori spagnoli». Gaston sings the song of the bullfighter Piquillo. Alfredo sees Violetta on the arm of Baron Douphol. Games of chance are played. 100 louis on the right and on the left. Alfredo wins. Violetta warns Alfredo to disappear. Douphol is the challenger. To him she has sworn an oath to avoid Alfredo: «Di fuggirti un giuramento sacro io fea». She pretends to love Douphol. Alfredo throws his purse at her feet: love for payment! «Gelosa smania». Raging jealousy drives him to it. Only now does she confess that she loves Alfredo until death!
Doctor Grenville takes her pulse. Her consumption allows her only a few more hours to live. In a lecturing tone, she reads Germont's letter about the Baron's wounding in the duel. She bids farewell to life. The Bacchanal of the «bue grasso» bursts in. Alfredo is with Violetta. He wants to carry her away from Paris. Germont repents. Her last confession: «Se una pudica vergine degli anni suoi nel fiore a te donasse il core sposa ti sia..io vo..». It is finished. She dies in his arms.