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