La Traviata

FENICE THEATER

Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi on a book by Francesco Maria Piave, based on La Signora delle Camelie, the play by Alexandre Dumas (son). Violetta Valery is a young courtesan of Paris, dedicated to luxury and pleasure, but sick of tisi. One evening, to forget the illness that afflicts her, she invites her friends to dinner. It is on this occasion that she becomes acquainted with Alfredo Germont, a good-looking young man who has fallen in love with her.