This operatic character is generally considered to be based on Marie Duplessis, who was a lover of Franz Liszt in her last year. Before dying, this character gives a portrait of herself to a man and asks him to imagine her as his angel. In Act I, she sings a cabaletta aria explaining her inability to find true love after earlier being the main soprano in a type of German drinking song called a (*) brindisi. She sings the aria "sempre libera." In a climactic scene, casino winnings from Flora's party are thrown at this character's feet after she lies and insists that she loves Baron Douphol. Before dying of tuberculosis, this character asks Alfredo Germont to always love her. For 10 points, name this title fallen woma
This operatic character is generally considered to be based on Marie Duplessis, who was a lover of Franz Liszt in her last year. Before dying, this character gives a portrait of herself to a man and asks him to imagine her as his angel. In Act I, she sings a cabaletta aria explaining her inability to find true love after earlier being the main soprano in a type of German drinking song called a (*) brindisi. She sings the aria "sempre libera." In a climactic scene, casino winnings from Flora's party are thrown at this character's feet after she lies and insists that she loves Baron Douphol. Before dying of tuberculosis, this character asks Alfredo Germont to always love her. For 10 points, name this title fallen woman of Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata.
This operatic character is generally considered to be based on Marie Duplessis, who was a lover of Franz Liszt in her last year.
Violetta Valery [accept La traviata or The fallen woman until “La traviata” is read] &lt;WA, OAudArt&gt;