Marina Poplavskaya as Violetta Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera Here's a selection of images from Willy Decker's new production of La Traviata.

Matthew Polenzani as Alfredo Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

Violetta and Alfredo meet for the first time Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

A scene from Act I Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

Poplavskaya and Polenzani in Violetta and Alfredo's Act I duet Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

Giorgio Germont (Andrzej Dobber) confronts Violetta Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

The ball scene from Act II Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

Another scene from Act II Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

The lovers' final duet Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera