La Traviata

from Giuseppe Verdi


Libretto

Francesco Maria Piave after Alexandre Dumas fils

Premiere

6 March 1853, Venice (La Fenice)

Cast

VIOLETTA VALERY (soprano)
FLORA BERVOIX (soprano)
ANNINA (soprano)
ALFREDO GERMONT (tenor)
GIORGIO GERMONT (baritone)
GASTONE VISCOMTE DE LETORIERES (tenor)
BARON DOUPHOL (baritone)
MARQUIS D'OBIGNY (bass)
DR GRENVIL (bass)
GIUSEPPE (tenor)
FLORA'S SERVANT (bas)
MESSENGER (bass)

CHORUS
ladies and gentlemens, friends of Violetta and Flora, matadors, picadors, gypsies, servants of Violetta and Flora, masquers

Place

Time

about 1850

Composer

Verdi, Giuseppe