La Traviata is one of the cornerstones of the operatic repertory. The score is littered with fantastic tunes that are now wildly famous (even those who aren’t at all operatically versed will know many of the arias from countless TV ads), but beyond that, the coherence of the whole piece makes it a masterpiece.
Q. What does La Traviata mean in Italian?
The Fallen Woman
Literally translating to ‘The Fallen Woman’, La traviata is a tragic tale about Parisian courtesan, Violetta, who attempts to leave the life she knows behind, in an attempt to finally find true love.
Table of Contents
- Q. What does La Traviata mean in Italian?
- Q. What is the reason Violetta left Alfredo?
- Q. Who is Violetta Valery?
- Q. What is the story of Verdi’s La Traviata?
- Q. What does Traviata mean in English?
- Q. Who composed the opera La Boheme?
- Q. Who wrote La Traviata Rigoletto and Aida?
- Q. What was Violetta disease?
- Q. Why did Giuseppe Verdi write La Traviata?
- Q. What is Traviata in English?
- Q. Who composed La Traviata?
Q. What is the reason Violetta left Alfredo?
She has fallen deeply in love with him and has abandoned her former life. When Alfredo learns from the maid Annina her mistress has ordered her to sell the horses, carriages, and everything owned by Violetta in order to finance their lavish lifestyle, Alfredo leaves for Paris immediately to handle matters himself.
Q. Who is Violetta Valery?
Violetta Valéry, a famed courtesan, throws a lavish party at her Paris salon to celebrate her recovery from an illness. Gastone, a viscount, has brought with him a friend, Alfredo Germont, a young bourgeois from a provincial family who has long adored Violetta from afar.
Q. What is the story of Verdi’s La Traviata?
La traviata tells the story of the tragic love between the courtesan Violetta and the romantic Alfredo Germont. Played out against the hypocrisy of upper-class fashionable society, Alfredo and Violetta’s love threatens to shame his family.
Q. What does Traviata mean in English?
La traviata means “the fallen woman” or “the one who goes astray” and refers to the main character, Violetta Valéry, a courtesan.
Q. Who composed the opera La Boheme?
Giacomo Puccini
La bohème/Composers
La Bohème, opera in four acts by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa) that premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy, on February 1, 1896.
Q. Who wrote La Traviata Rigoletto and Aida?
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi, in full Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi, (born October 9/10, 1813, Roncole, near Busseto, duchy of Parma [Italy]—died January 27, 1901, Milan, Italy), leading Italian composer of opera in the 19th century, noted for operas such as Rigoletto (1851), Il trovatore (1853), La traviata (1853), Don Carlos …
Q. What was Violetta disease?
Violetta knows this, because she is suffering from tuberculosis, but she does not accept the truth and prefers to continue living in luxury and endless parties. To have the chance to talk to him again, she gives him a flower telling him to return it when it has faded, in hope that they will meet soon.
Q. Why did Giuseppe Verdi write La Traviata?
Based upon the 1852 play by Alexandre Dumas fils (La Dame aux camélias), the opera marked a large step forward for Verdi in his quest to express dramatic ideas in music. La traviata means “the fallen woman” or “the one who goes astray” and refers to the main character, Violetta Valéry, a courtesan.
Q. What is Traviata in English?
Italian
La traviata/Languages
Q. Who composed La Traviata?
La traviata/Composers
La traviata, opera in three acts by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (libretto in Italian by Francesco Maria Piave) that premiered in Venice at La Fenice opera house on March 6, 1853.
