Photos: La Traviata at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Nino Machaidze as Violetta and Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Alfredo.   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Nino Machaidze as Violetta.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Nino Machaidze as Violetta with cast.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Nino Machaidze as Violetta.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Nino Machaidze as Violetta and Placido Domingo as Giorgio.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Placido Domingo, right, as Giorgio and Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Alfredo.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Peabody Southwell (center, sitting) as Flora with the cast.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Louis A. Williams Jr. as Solo Dancer with cast.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Louis A. Williams Jr. as Solo Dancer with cast.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, second from left, in a cameo.   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Nino Machaidze as Violetta and cast.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Nino Machaidze as Violetta and Placido Domingo as Giorgio.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Vanessa Becerra as Annina, left, Soloman Howard as Doctor Grenvil, Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Alfredo, Nino Machaidze as Violetta and Placido Domingo as Giorgio.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)