La Traviata at Theater an der Wien

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In his novel La dame aux camélias (The Lady of the Camellias), published in 1848, Alexandre Dumas, fils made his former lover, the courtesan Marie Duplessis who had died a year before of tuberculosis, the title character. Shortly afterwards, the story, adapted as a stage drama at the Theatre Vaudeville in Paris, became the highlight of the season. Verdi, looking for suitable material for a new opera, was enthralled by the tragic fate of this lady of the Parisian demi-monde and the exposure of middle-class hypocrisy. He turned it into a masterpiece that remains topical and moving today.

Authors

• Francesco Maria Piave
• Giuseppe Verdi