La Traviata

The famous opera La Traviata by Guiseppe Verdi staged by RUN OPERUN explores what is still an acceptable norm in social relationships and what is not. How would your friends & family react if you brought home a famous womaniser, courtesan, someone of the same sex, or a drag queen? Where has the threshold of tolerance shifted since the premiere of the provocative opera La Traviata? We want to fulfil the original intention of the opera and draw the attention to the “modern man”, who is still pressured by the court of public opinion.

In its production of La Traviata, RUN OPERUN joined forces with an established dancing ensemble PLAYboyz under the direction of a choreographer Martin Talaga, who has long studied the themes of nudity, sexuality and queerness. The choir was replaced by drag queens and the music was enriched through electronic elements. Top Czech and foreign performers, with whom both ensembles were cooperating for a long time, were cast in singing and choral roles.

Collaboration with  PLAYBOYZ

The ensemble PLAYboyz focuses on dance and physical theatre, performance and experimental theatre (SYNovial, SOMA a SOMA workshops, Faunus, Homo Sensorium a PiNKBUS). In 2020, the ensemble introduced a new creative platform called PiNKBUS through which the ensemble entered its new creative phase. The creators managed to combine the underground drag & queer scene with professional artists (Jaroslav Vinařský, Nela Kornetová, Katarzia, Just Karen, Tonic ad.). The PLAYboyz ensemble thereby established the first platform for queer art in Prague.

Watch footage of the performance

Photogallery

Photos by: Jonathan Machander, Apolena Vondrášková