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- Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata (1853)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin. G. Schirmer controls the rights in the English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin for this work but does not supply orchestral materials.
- Libretto by F. M. Piave after “La Dame aux camélias” (1852) of Dumas fils.
- English, Italian
Programme Note
Cast List:
VIOLETTA VALERY: Soprano
FLORA BERVOIX: Mezzo-Soprano
ANNINA: Soprano
ALFREDO GERMONT: Tenor
GIORGIO GERMONT, his Father: Baritone
GASTONE, Viscount of Letorieres: Tenor
BARON DOUPHOL: Baritone
MARQUIS D'OBIGNY: Bass
DOCTOR GRENVIL: Bass
GIUSEPPE, servant to Violetta: Tenor
SERVANT TO FLORA: Bass
MESSENGER: Bass
Friends of Violetta and Flora, Matadors, Picadors, Gypsies, Servants, etc.
Synopsis:
Violetta, a famous courtesan, meets Alfredo at a ball and for the first time understands the meaning of true love. She leaves her lover Duphol and retires to the country with Alfredo, aware of the fact that she is dying from consumption. When Alfredo is on a trip to Paris, his father Georgio Germont, visits Violetta secretly and urges her to give up Alfredo as his association with a prostitute is bringing the family into disrepute. Reluctantly, she agrees and returns to Duphol. Alfredo is devastated and publicly insults Violetta at a party; Duphol challenges him to a dual and his father disowns him. Only when Violetta is lying on her deathbed does Alfredo learn the truth about her sacrifice in abandoning him.
VIOLETTA VALERY: Soprano
FLORA BERVOIX: Mezzo-Soprano
ANNINA: Soprano
ALFREDO GERMONT: Tenor
GIORGIO GERMONT, his Father: Baritone
GASTONE, Viscount of Letorieres: Tenor
BARON DOUPHOL: Baritone
MARQUIS D'OBIGNY: Bass
DOCTOR GRENVIL: Bass
GIUSEPPE, servant to Violetta: Tenor
SERVANT TO FLORA: Bass
MESSENGER: Bass
Friends of Violetta and Flora, Matadors, Picadors, Gypsies, Servants, etc.
Synopsis:
Violetta, a famous courtesan, meets Alfredo at a ball and for the first time understands the meaning of true love. She leaves her lover Duphol and retires to the country with Alfredo, aware of the fact that she is dying from consumption. When Alfredo is on a trip to Paris, his father Georgio Germont, visits Violetta secretly and urges her to give up Alfredo as his association with a prostitute is bringing the family into disrepute. Reluctantly, she agrees and returns to Duphol. Alfredo is devastated and publicly insults Violetta at a party; Duphol challenges him to a dual and his father disowns him. Only when Violetta is lying on her deathbed does Alfredo learn the truth about her sacrifice in abandoning him.