FORT MYERS, Fla. - s4story -- The most successful opera company in Europe and the U.S. will be in Fort Myers February 3 to perform La Traviata, one of the world's most famous stories of unrequited love.

Teatro Lirico D'Europa will perform at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall on the Fort Myers campus of Florida SouthWestern State College, as part of the Fort Myers Community Concert Association 2018 season.

La Traviata is the classic tale of unrequited love taking place in and aroiund Paris during the 1840s. Teatro Lirico D'Europa travels with a full orchestra of 47 to 50 members and a chorus of 40 singers.

Teatro Lirico D'Europa was created in 1988 by the late Yves Josse, a former ballet dancer and French arts promoter, and George Lalva, a young Bulgarian opera singer.  The collaboration was a huge success in a very short time, resulting in tours with more than 250 performances in a single season throughout France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Sicily and Portugal.

Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. concert are available at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall by visiting https://barbarabmann.ticketsoffice.org or by calling the box office at 239-481-4849.

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Prices are $35 for lower balcony and $25 for upper balcony seats.  A limited number of orchestra and mezzanine seating is available at $55 each.

La Traviata is the third of five classical performances to be presented this season by the Fort Myers Community Concert Association.

The two remaining concerts are:

●          Russian State Symphony Orchestra  – February 10, 2020

●          Russian National Ballet – March 2, 2020

The Fort Myers Community Concert Association, now in its 71st concert season, is an all-volunteer not-for-profit organization founded by the legendary Barbara B. Mann in 1949 to bring world-class entertainment to Southwest Florida at affordable prices.  The association consists of more than 1,700 members, underwriters and sponsors.   For Community Concert Association membership information, visit www.fortmyerscommunityconcerts.org.