She has had several lovers and is now linked to Baron Douphol.
In cases where parts of the music are often cut (about half a dozen occurrences) I made available the abridged and the full version.Violetta is a famous woman in the Parisian salons for her dubious morality. A notable example is Violetta's high E flat at the end of Act 1, where a fermata is required for this note to be sung, whereas the score has neither a fermata nor a high E flat. In cases where performance tradition deviates significantly from the score, I created 2 versions of the music: One that stays closer to the literal score and another that allows for the traditional liberties. For the lyrics I followed the piano-vocal scores and first libretto since these represent more accurately what is usually sung by performers. Although this version does not in all respects honour the composer's final intentions, it is the version most audiences are now familiar with. I therefore used the orchestral score published by Ricordi in 1914. Only in 1996 a critical edition was published by the University of Chicago and Casa Ricordi, accurately restoring Verdi's autograph score.įor my tracks I could only use scores that are in the public domain. Because these printed editions were used by theaters and record companies far into the 20th century, a strong performance tradition has grown based on them. Unfortunately the first printed editions of the opera were not directly based on the final autograph, but on previous manuscript copies, thus introducing errors and deviations. Verdi considered the 1854 version to be definitive and the autograph score preserved by Ricordi in Milan, reflects the composer's final intentions. This time it was a resounding success that has lasted to the present day. More than a year later, on, the opera was restaged with some revisions to the score and a new cast of singers. Two weeks and 9 performances later the season came to an end and Verdi withdrew the opera from further circulation.
He blamed the cast of principal singers for the poor reception of his work. The opera was not a complete failure, but Verdi was so dissatisfied with the first performances that he called it a fiasco. It premiered in Venice on 6 March 1853 and although Act 1 was received with great acclaim, Acts 2 and 3 received lukewarm to negative responses. Its stellar success was not immediate, however.
La Traviata is regarded as the most successful opera of all time, measured by number of productions and performances worldwide. The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the novel and play "La Dame aux camélias" by Alexandre Dumas Jr. La Traviata is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi.
0 kommentar(er)
