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French novelist Alexandre Dumas is the source for this drama about a lively Parisian courtesan who gives up the man she loves to save his family’s reputation. Brilliant party scenes, poignant duets and stirring ensembles are among Verdi’s most sublime musical creations.
La Traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It takes as its basis the novel La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, published in 1848. It was first performed at the Teatro la Fenice in Venice, on March 6, 1853. The title "La traviata" means ...Read More
French novelist Alexandre Dumas is the source for this drama about a lively Parisian courtesan who gives up the man she loves to save his family’s reputation. Brilliant party scenes, poignant duets and stirring ensembles are among Verdi’s most sublime musical creations.
La Traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It takes as its basis the novel La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, published in 1848. It was first performed at the Teatro la Fenice in Venice, on March 6, 1853. The title "La traviata" means literally The Woman Who Strayed, or perhaps more figuratively, The Fallen One. Piave and Verdi wanted to follow Dumas in giving the opera a contemporary setting, but the authorities at La Fenice insisted that it be set in the past. It was some years before the composer's and librettist's original wishes were carried out.
However, the opera has become immensely popular and a staple of the standard operatic repertoire. It is third on Opera America's list of the 20 most-performed operas in North America, behind only Madama Butterfly and La Bohème.
Violetta Valery
Georgia Jarman
Soprano
Alfredo Germont
Leonardo Capalbo
Tenor
Giorgio Germont
Stephen Powell
Baritone
Director
Jay Jackson
Conductor
Robert Lyall
Lighting Designer
Don Damutzer
Scenic Designer
G. Alan Rusnak
Costumer
Charlotte Lang
Props
Jonathan Uhlman
Wig and Makeup
Don and Linda Guillot
Original Language
Italian
Composer
Verdi
Librettist
Piave
Description
Opera in III Acts
Time
1850
Place
Paris and Vicinity
Premiere Date
March 6, 1853
Premiere Location
Venice. Teatro La Fenice
Notes
Text based on Alexandre Dumas's "La Dame aux Camélias"
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