Opera Philadelphia Presents La Traviata At The Academy Of Music

By RJ McKay

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Opera Philadelphia presents La Traviata Friday, October 2nd, Sunday, October 4th, Wednesday, October 7th, Friday, October 9th and Sunday, October 11th at the Academy of Music.

Alek Shrader, who is singing the character Alfredo, talks about the show and his family’s involvement in opera.

“Traviata is a very accessible sort of tale of complicated love, of difficult choices involving love or even to a certain extent your family members and how they might feel about your complicated love, from Alfredo’s perspective that is,” said Shrader.

Alek discusses how opera and this role is important to him and his family.

“So my dad was an opera singer himself, Alfredo was one of his go-to roles that he enjoyed musically and that he performed often,” said  Shrader.

For more information on tickets, shows and schedule, visit operaphila.org.