Opera Simulcast on the Pier

On Wednesday night, we brought our beach chairs to the Santa Monica Pier to watch a Simulcast of a live Los Angeles Opera production of Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata.  It starred the music director Pacido Domingo as Giorgio Germont, Nino Machaidze as Violetto, and Arturo Chacon-Cruz as Alfredo Germont.  Violetta and Alfredo are the love interest, Giorgio is his father who tries to straighten out the mess since Violetta is a consort of Baron Douphol played by Daniel Mobbs. The lavish production was set in the Roaring '20's in Paris with beautiful clothes, sets that included a 1920's fancy sedan that road across the stage, and wonderful dancers.

We enjoyed our beverages and snacks and the beautiful production on the pier.  Spoiler Alert:  The Diva dies at the end of the opera.