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The cover of a c. 1855 vocal score for
La traviata
, an
opera
in three acts by
Giuseppe Verdi
set to a
libretto
in Italian by
Francesco Maria Piave
. Based on
La Dame aux Camélias
(1852), a play adapted from the novel by
Alexandre Dumas, fils
, it follows the ill-fated romance of Violetta, a
courtesan
, and Alfredo, a young
bourgeois
man. It premiered in 1853 at
La Fenice
in
Venice
, and has become one of the world's most frequently performed operas.
Illustration: Leopoldo Ratt; restoration:
Adam Cuerden
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