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The world's most glamorous celebrities, led by Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, were out for the night in Rome for the premiere of a new production of Verdi's La Traviata, directed by Hollywood director Sofia Coppola and designed by fashion legend Valentino. The opera, which runs till the end of June has already raked in 1.2 million euros in ticket sales.
Kim Kardashian posts a selfie on snapchat with Kanye while waiting for the start of La Traviata at Teatro dell'Opera in Rome, Italy on 22 May, 2016.
Kim Kardashian arrives at the premiere of La Traviata at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome on 22 May, 2016. Photo: Paradisi Alessia/ABACA USA/PA Images
Kim Kardashian gives photographers a glimpse of her white Vivienne Westwood number dress as she and Kanye West arrive at the premiere of La Traviata at Rome's Teatro dell'Opera on 22 May 2016. Photo: Paradisi Alessia/ABACA USA/PA Images
KK poses for photographers at the premiere of La Traviata at Rome's Teatro dell'Opera on 22 May 2016. Photo: Paradisi Alessia/ABACA USA/PA Images
Soprano Francesca Dotto and tenor Antonio Poli perform at the premiere of Verdi's La Traviata' at the Rome Opera on 22 May 2016. Oscar-winning film director Sofia Coppola made her opera directing debut, working alongside fashion designer Valentino who designed the costumes. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
The actress and her rockstar husband attend the premiere of La Traviata at Rome's Teatro dell'Opera on 22 May 2016. Photo: Paradisi Alessia/ABACA USA/PA Images
Sofia Coppola, making her opera directing debut, attends the premiere of her production of Verdi's La Traviata at Teatro dell'Opera in Rome on 22 May 2016. Photo: Paradisi Alessia/ABACA USA/PA Images
Fashion legend Valentino attending the premiere of La Traviata, for which he designed the costumes, at Teatro dell'Opera in Rome, Italy on 22 May, 2016. Photo: Paradisi Alessia/ABACA USA/PA Images
Shoe designer Christian Louboutin and the actress Monica Bellucci arrive at the premiere of La Traviata at Rome's Teatro dell'Opera on 22 May 2016. Photo: Paradisi Alessia/ABACA USA/PA Images
Film director Francis Ford Coppola and his wife Eleanor, parents of Sofia Coppola, attend the La Traviata premiere at Teatro dell'Opera in Rome on 22 May, 2016. Photo: Paradisi Alessia/ABACA USA/PA Images
Liz Hurley leaving the premiere of La Traviata at Rome's Teatro dell'Opera on 22 May 2016. Photo: Paradisi Alessia/ABACA USA/PA Images
Welsh actor Luke Evans, who began his career in musical theatre, attends the premiere of La Traviata at Teatro dell'Opera in Rome on 22 May, 2016. Evans is best known for playing Dracula in Dracula Untold, Apollo in Clash of the Titans and Bard the Bowman in The Hobbit. Photo: Paradisi Alessia/ABACA USA/PA Images
The stars leave the La Traviata premiere at Teatro dell'Opera in Rome on 22 May, 2016. Photo: Paradisi Alessia/ABACA USA/PA Images
Among the other guests – Italian dancer and actress Eleonora Abbagnato and her husband, footballer Federico Balzaretti, attending the La Traviata premiere at Teatro dell'Opera in Rome, Italy on 22 May 2016. Photo: Paradisi Alessia/ABACA USA/PA Images
Model Saila Kunikida attends the premiere of La Traviata at Teatro dell'Opera in Rome on 22 May 2016. Photo: Paradisi Alessia/ABACA USA/PA Images
The Ethiopian born model Liya Kebede attends the premiere of La Traviata at Rome's Teatro dell'Opera on 22 May 2016. Photo: Paradisi Alessia/ABACA USA/PA Images
The Italian actor attends the premiere of La Traviata at Rome's Teatro dell'Opera on 22 May 2016 Photo: Paradisi Alessia/ABACA USA/PA Images
The Italian actress, who is the great-great-great-great granddaughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, attended the premiere of La Traviata at Rome's Teatro dell'Opera on 22 May 2016. Photo: Paradisi Alessia/ABACA USA/PA Images
The American socialite and star of reality TV series The City, attending La Traviata at Teatro dell'Opera in Rome on 22 May, 2016. Photo: Paradisi Alessia/ABACA USA/PA Images