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| − | Originally titled ''Violetta'' after the opera’s main character, ''[[La Traviata]]''was based on Alexandre Dumas’s play, ''[[La Dame aux Camélias]]'' (1852), which he adapted from his own novel of the same name (1848). | + | Originally titled ''Violetta'' after the opera’s main character, ''[[La Traviata]]'' was based on Alexandre Dumas’s play, ''[[La Dame aux Camélias]]'' (1852), which he adapted from his own novel of the same name (1848). |
''[[La Traviata]]'' is a tragic tale about Parisian courtesan, Violetta, who attempts to leave the life she knows behind to try and finally find true love. When she meets romantic, Alfredo, the hypocrisy of upper-class society threatens their love – and someone must pay the ultimate price. | ''[[La Traviata]]'' is a tragic tale about Parisian courtesan, Violetta, who attempts to leave the life she knows behind to try and finally find true love. When she meets romantic, Alfredo, the hypocrisy of upper-class society threatens their love – and someone must pay the ultimate price. | ||
Revision as of 17:25, 15 February 2024
La Traviata is a by composer, Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), and set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave.
Contents
The original text
Originally titled Violetta after the opera’s main character, La Traviata was based on Alexandre Dumas’s play, La Dame aux Camélias (1852), which he adapted from his own novel of the same name (1848).
La Traviata is a tragic tale about Parisian courtesan, Violetta, who attempts to leave the life she knows behind to try and finally find true love. When she meets romantic, Alfredo, the hypocrisy of upper-class society threatens their love – and someone must pay the ultimate price.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1985: Presented by CAPAB Opera (6 April – 1 May)
1989: Presented by CAPAB Opera (4–29 September)
1994: Presented by CAPAB Opera (19 May – 3 June)
1997: Presented by CAPAB Opera (16–27 August)
2000: Presented by Cape Town Opera (13–24 April)
2003: Presented by Cape Town Opera (19–28 February)
2004: Presented by Cape Town Opera (22–30 April, 11–18 September)
2011: Presented by Cape Town Opera (11–22 October)
2015: Presented by Cape Town Opera (30 April – 9 May)
Sources
'Discover: La traviata'. ENO. https://www.eno.org/operas/la-traviata/
Wayne Muller. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.
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