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La traviata
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Alfredo falls in love with the beautiful courtesan, Violetta Valery, who is dying from consumption. Violetta is persuaded by Giorgio, Alfredo's father, to sacrifice her happiness with Alfredo for t...
Alfredo falls in love with the beautiful courtesan, Violetta Valery, who is dying from consumption. Violetta is persuaded by Giorgio, Alfredo's father, to sacrifice her happiness with Alfredo for the sake of family honor.
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- Creator
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Format
- Books
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Contributors
- Publication
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- London : John Calder ; New York : Riverrun Press, 1981
- ©1981
- Physical Details
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- 80 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 0714538485, 0714538485, 9780714538488
- OCLC
- ocm08248834, ocm08248834
- Includes libretto in Italian by Francesco Maria Piave, with English version by Edmund Tracey, and commentary.
- Includes the libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after the play La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils; parallel Italian text and English translation by Edmund Tracey.
- Discography: pages 76-79.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 80).
- Italian text with English translation; essays in English.
- Introduction / Nicholas John -- Verdi and the singers for "La traviata" / Julian Budden -- La traviata : from real life to opera / Denis Arnold -- Alexandre Dumas the Younger and "La dame aux camelias" / April FitzLyon -- An introduction to the libretto / Nicholas John -- Thematic guide -- La traviata / libretto by Francesco Maria Piave ; English translation by Edmund Tracey -- Discography -- Bibliography
Subjects
- Operas -- Librettos.
- Operas -- Librettos.
Children's Subject Heading
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Traviata.