La traviata
The Woman who Strayed
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
- Source: La Dame aux camélias, novel and drama by
Alexandre Dumas fils
- First performance: Teatro la Fenice, Venice, 6 March 1853
- Libretto:
- Synopses:
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Dramatis Personæ
- Violetta Valéry, a demi-mondaine
(Prima donna soprano)
- Flora Bervoix, her friend and fellow hostess
(Mezzo-soprano comprimario)
- Annina, Violetta's maid (Seconda donna)
- Alfredo Germont, (Primo tenore)
- Giorgio Germont, his father (Primo baritono)
- Gastone, Vicomte de Letorières, friend of Alfred
(Tenore comprimario)
- Il Barone Douphol, Violetta's protector (Baritono comprimario)
- Il Marchese d'Obigny, friend of Flora (Secondo basso)
- Dottore Grenvil (Basso profundo)
- Giuseppe, Violetta's servant (Secondo tenore)
- Un domestico di Flora (Corifeo basso)
- Un commissario (Corifeo basso)
- Amici ed amice di Violetta e Flora; piccadori, zingare, servi di Violetta e Flora; maschere
[Friends of Violetta and Flora; picadors and gypsies; servants of Violetta and Flora; maskers]
Setting: Paris and environs, around 1700.
Plot Summary
Act I
Violetta, a consumptive courtesan, falls in love with Alfredo.
Act II
Scene 1:
Alfredo's father convinces Violetta that she must leave him for the honor of
the family.
Scene 2:
Alfredo publicly insults Violetta at a party. The guests are shocked.
Act III
Violetta dies.
22 May 2014