Originally titled Amore e Morte, in the final act of this opera, as the Parisians outside are celebrating Mardi Gras, the main character manages to sing the aria "Addio del passato" in spite of her medical condition. Based on Alexandre Dumas' Le dame aux camelias, Act I is s
Originally titled Amore e Morte, in the final act of this opera, as the Parisians outside are celebrating Mardi Gras, the main character manages to sing the aria "Addio del passato" in spite of her medical condition. Based on Alexandre Dumas' Le dame aux camelias, Act I is set in the salon of the title character, and includes the famous brindisi "Libiamo ne' lieti calici," which is sung by Alfredo Germont, who falls in love with the title character. FTP, identify this Verdi opera which ends with the death by consumption of the courtesan Violetta Valery.
Originally titled Amore e Morte, in the final act of this opera, as the Parisians outside are celebrating Mardi Gras, the main character manages to sing the aria "Addio del passato" in spite of her medical condition.
{La Traviata} or The {Woman who Strayed}