La traviata (Italian: [la traviˈaːta; traˈvjaːta], The Fallen Woman) is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La Dame aux Camélias (1852), a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The opera was originally titled Violetta, after the main character. It was first performed on 6 March 1853 at the La Fenice opera house in Venice.
| Librettist | Francesco Maria Piave (Based on "La dame aux Camélias" by Alexandre Dumas fils) |
| Date of composition | 1853 (1852-1853) |
| Premiered | 1853, March 6th in Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy |
| Type | Opera |
| Approx. duration | 120 minutes |
| Spoken language | Italian |
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Orchestra
Voice (Soprano) - Violetta Valéry (a courtesan) Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Flora Bervoix, amica di Violetta (Violetta's friend) Voice (Soprano) - Annina, serva di Violetta (Violetta's maid) Voice (Tenor) - Alfredo Germont (a young bourgeois from a provincial family) Voice (Baritone) - Giorgio Germont, padre di Alfredo (Alfredo's father) Voice (Tenor) - Gastone, Visconte di Létorières (Alfredo's friend) Voice (Baritone) - Il barone Douphol (Violetta's lover, a rival of Alfredo) Voice (Bass) - Il marchese d’Obigny Voice (Bass) - Il dottor Grenvil Voice (Tenor) - Giuseppe, servo di Violetta (Violetta's servant) Voice (Bass) - Un domestico di Flora (Flora's servant) Voice (Bass) - Un commissionario (Commissioner) Chorus/Choir - Servi e signori amici di Violetta e Flora, Piccadori e mattadori, zingare, servi di Violetta e Flora, maschere |
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Famous Works
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| Autotranslations beta |
Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata |
Valery Gergiev 2012
Verdi: La Traviata: E strano!... Ah, fors'e lui. Catherine Malfitano, soprano. Francisco Araiza, tenor. Bruno Bartoletti, dir. Chicago 1985