La Traviata

La traviata, an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, takes as its basis the novel La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, published in 1848. First performance: Teatro la Fenice, Venice, March 6, 1853. The title means literally The Woman who Strayed, or perhaps more poetically The Lost One.

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Opera - Giuseppe Verdi - Francesco Maria Piave - La dame aux Camélias - Alexandre Dumas, fils - 1848 - Teatro la Fenice - Venice - March 6 - 1853

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The opera forms the basis of various versions of the movie Camille. The film Moulin Rouge! also uses the story as a base.

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Camille - Moulin Rouge!

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