Brigitte Hahn is a smooth, satiny, nimble Violetta

Verdi: LA TRAVIATA, Sempre libera, Mannheim 1996, High E-flat

THE SONGBIRD: German soprano Brigitte Hahn, born in Duisburg in 1964, is nothing if not versatile. She has sung big German roles (Wagner's Brünnhilde and Isolde, Beethoven's Leonore, Strauss's Ariadne) and big Italian roles (Verdi's Lady MacBeth and Amelia, Puccini's Turandot and Tosca), as well as Mozart (all the lead lyric roles including Konstanze) and bel canto (Gilda, Norma, and Lucia), plus a cross section of other composers (Strauss, Britten, and Meyerbeer to name a few). In Berlin, Hahn pulled off one of the true signs of a versatile operatic soprano: singing all four heroines in Offenbach's "Tales of Hoffmann." She has had successes in Vienna, Hannover, Hamburg, Dresden, Munich, Zurich, Amsterdam, Milan, and Barcelona.

THE MUSIC: Verdi's "La traviata" is the most popular opera in the world. According to Operabase statistics (https://www.operabase.com/statistics/en), since 1996 it's had 3,805 productions, more than any other opera. It was not a success at its premiere in Venice in 1853, due to the audience reactions to the singers, however productions in the following few years began to take hold (Madrid, Vienna, London, New York, and in a French translation in Paris) and this masterpiece been a part of the core repertoire ever since. Violetta, the principal soprano role and title character is a long, very challenging and rewarding role with consistently brilliant music and a compelling story arc. Her aria in Act One ends with highly florid cabaletta "Sempre libera," where she vows to continue living the carefree lifestyle of a courtesan, capped by a final High E-flat.

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