COMPLETE CAST CONFIRMED
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2015, AT 7:30 PM

Principal Conductor of Teatro la Fenice and former LA Phil Dudamel Fellow Diego Matheuz replaces Daniel Harding in the Los Angeles Philharmonic presentation of La Traviata, Sunday August 9, at 7:30 pm, at the Hollywood Bowl. Harding has withdrawn for family reasons. 

Matheuz, in his Hollywood Bowl debut, leads the following cast in the Verdi opera: soprano Venera Gimadieva as Violetta; tenor Francesco Demuro as Alfredo; baritone Simone Piazzola as Germont; tenor David Portillo as Gastone; mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor as Flora; soprano Erica Brookhyser as Annina; bass-baritone Evan Hughes as the Baron; baritone Norman Garrett as the Marchese; bass-baritone Craig Colclough as the Dottore; tenor John Irvin as Giuseppe; bass Gabriel Vamvulescu as Flora’s Servant and Messenger; and the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

The program is part of the LA Phil’s series of Sunday Sunset Concerts at the Hollywood Bowl.

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE:

SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, at 7:30 pm
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
DIEGO MATHEUZ, conductor
VENERA GIMADIEVA, Violetta
FRANCESCO DEMURO, Alfredo
SIMONE PIAZZOLA, Germont
DAVID PORTILLO, Gastone
KELLEY O’CONNOR, Flora
ERICA BROOKHYSER, Annina
EVAN HUGHES, Baron
NORMAN GARRETT, Marchese
CRAIG COLCLOUGH, Dottore
JOHN IRVIN, Giuseppe
GABRIEL VAMVULESCU, Flora’s Servant and Messenger
LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE
Grant Gershon, Artistic Director

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