Review: La Traviata opening night pleasurable, short on passion

Edmonton Opera’s new production of Verdi’s La Traviata, which opened at the Jubilee on Friday, Oct. 20, is the result of an unprecedented collaboration between five Canadian opera companies. Each company has chosen its own cast and conductor, but they have shared the designs (the sets were built in Edmonton) and the director, Alain Gauthier.
Edmonton’s version is a solid, straightforward, and essentially conventional La Traviata, well sung, with a strong sense of ensemble. It w