Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Librettist: Francesco Maria Piave
Premiere: 6 March 1853, Venice (La Fenice)
Language: Italian
Subtitles: English
Version with Italian and English subtitles: https://rumble.com/v4qmezz-verdi-la-traviata-gheorghiu-frontali-vargas-maazel-la-scala-2007.html
Act II: https://www.bitchute.com/video/ypPbhg4k3Xyy/
La traviata (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 by Alexandre Dumas fils, which he adapted from his own 1848 novel. The opera was originally titled Violetta, after the main character. It was first performed on 6 March 1853 at La Fenice opera house in Venice. La traviata became one of the most frequently performed operas during Verdi's lifetime. It is often ranked highly on annual lists of most performed operas.
Cast & Characters:
Violetta Valery - Angela Gheorghiu
Alfredo Germont - Ramón Vargas
Giorgio Germont - Roberto Frontali
Flora Bervoix - Natascha Petrinsky
Annina - Tiziana Tramonti
Gastone - Enrico Cossutta
Dottore Grenvil - Luigi Roni
Barone Douphol - Alessandro Paliaga
Marchese d'Obigny - Piero Terranova
Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet of Teatro alla Scala
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Chorus Master: Bruno Casoni
Stage Director: Liliana Cavani
Renewal by Marina Bianchi
Directed for Video and TV by Paola Longobardo
Set Design: Dante Ferretti
Costumes: Gabriella Pescucci
Choreography: Micha von Hoecke
La Traviata Synopsis
Place: Paris and its vicinity
Time: Beginning of the 19th century
ACT I: A room in Violetta's house in Paris
A brilliant party is in progress and Violetta is receiving her guests. One of them begs leave to introduce a friend, Alfredo Germont, who has long admired her from afar. Baron Douphol, Violetta's current protector, takes a dislike to Alfredo and refuses to propose the toast when the wine is poured. Instead Alfredo proposes the toast - to love. Violetta answers that love, like all things, must fade: it is best to enjoy the pleasures of the fleeting moment.
The guests move into another room to dance but Violetta, who had been ill, suddenly feels faint and begs them to go on without her. Only Alfredo remains, anxious about her. He tells her he has loved her from the moment he first saw her a year ago. Violetta warns him not to look to her for love, since she has never experienced it. She tells him to leave and think of her no more, but gives him a flower with permission to return it when it has faded. "That will be tomorrow!" exclaims Alfredo, and she agrees. Alfredo goes, followed shortly afterwards by the other guests.
Left alone, Violetta begins to wonder whether she could love Alfredo, but rejects the possibility. A woman in her position cannot afford such luxuries. She will keep her place in the social whirl of Paris and forget about serious affairs of the heart. Under the balcony Alfredo's voice can be heard repeating his declaration of love.
