After it announced the opera title of Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata for the opening of the Autumn 2015 theatre season, the Teatru tal-Opra Aurora has announced that prior booking and online ticket sales started on 15 January.Tickets are being sold at €80, €70, €60 and €45, with a 10% reduction for tickets purchased and paid before end of May 2015. This early-bird offer is once again proving popular with local opera aficionados, as the competition for the best aisle seats is always the toughest. Indeed, some of the best seats are already showing as occupied. To better serve its patrons, the Aurora Opera House has just launched a round-the-clock ticket hotline, as an alternative to the time-restricted box office system. Therefore, Maltese patrons may contact the theatre anytime on 79045779 to secure their seats via telephone. Patrons in Gozo may use the same hotline to set a personalised viewing of the seating plan in order to book or purchase their seats. Alternatively, one may conveniently log onto www.teatruaurora.com to see the real-time seating plan and instantly purchase his preferred seats in a safe and secure way.La Traviata, an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, famous for its Brindisi (Drinking Song) amongst other arias, will be held at the Aurora Theatre, on Saturday 17 October 2015 at 7.30pm. Colin Attard leads an international cast, supported by the Aurora Opera Chorus and the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra.