The company is celebrating the milestone performance by offering 200 tickets for 200 cents.

Opera Australia will celebrate its 200th performance of Verdi’s La Traviata at the Sydney Opera House when it opens tonight.

To mark the occasion, the company will be offering 200 tickets for 200 cents for the February 23 performance.

Opera Australia’s La Traviata, photo by Keith Saunders

The first production at the Opera House, in 1978, saw the young Tiri Te Kanawa singing Violetta, with Richard Bonynge conducting. Singing Giuseppe – Violetta’s servant – was tenor Graeme MacFarlane, who 38 years later is singing Benoit in OA’s La Bohème and will be Spoletta in Tosca later this month.

La Traviata is one of the most performed and most popular operas in the world, featuring hits like Sempre libera and the Brindisi drinking song.

The current production by Elijah Moshinsky – which features sets and costumes drawn from 19th-century impressionist paintings – has been one OA’s most successful. It has been revived six times since it was created in 1994.


200 Tickets at 200 cents each for the February 23 performance go on sale from the Sydney Opera House Box Office or The Opera Centre, 480 Elizabeth St, Surry Hills at 9:30am on Wednesday February 8. Maximum two tickets per person, until sold out. Tickets must be booked in person and are not available online.

Opera Australia’s La Traviata is at the Sydney Opera House until April 1

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