Starring Lindsay Ohse, Matthew Vickers & Benjamin Taylor
“The curtain rose on Jefferson Ridenour’s elegant and adaptable setting, with guests gathering in Violetta’s salon. Throughout the opera’s three acts (and four scene changes), the designer’s beautiful work was undergirded by the subtly changing lights of Tláloc Lopez-Watermann.”
- Gail Obenreder, Broad Street Review
“Act I opens in an outdoor garden party appropriate for the blossoming of a new relationship. By Act III, the set has adopted a wintery tone, with Violetta unwell and alone… inspiration in astrology for the tragic drama, resulting in a design that plays with warm and cool blues as well as golden stars. The main set is a unit; three static walls feature hidden hinges or open spaces for dynamic elements… In one scene, open windows suggest a provincial summer. In another, golden mirrors fill the frames and chandeliers fly in from above.”
GeeksforGeeks - Dara McBride, Broad Street Review
“The sets by Scenic Designer Jefferson Ridenour were attractive and evocative of Verdi’s era, and settings for each act were designed to aid the storytelling.”
- Opera Baltimore’s La Traviata: An Elegant and Entertaining Evening of Love and Death, OperaGene
