Music #396 - Verdi - La Traviata

Giuseppe Verdi

[dʒuˈzɛppe ˈverdi]  (1813 – 1901)

La Traviata 

Based on Alexandre Dumas's play La dame aux camélias, the opera is about courtesan Violetta and her love for Alfredo, which is thwarted by Alfredo's father. Dying of consumption, Violetta does what he asks, only to be reconciled with Alfredo and die in his arms.

A1  Brindisi - "Libiamo ne' lieti calici"  (The Drinking Song)

(L) Angela Gheorghiu & Roberto Alagna in duet

 

(R) Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazón in duet

(L) except from the La Traviata (1982) movie

 

(R) excerpt from The Three Tenors 

- at The 1994 World Cup (L.A.), with a lyrics video

A1Finale  "È strano! ... Ah, fors' è lui"  (Ah, perhaps he is the one)

A1 Finale  "Sempre libera [degg'io]" (Always free)

- soprano-tenor duet

 

A2S1  "Di Provenza il mar, il suol chi dal cor ti cancellò?"

(Who erased the sea, the land of Provence from your heart?)

A2S2  Party at Flora's house

Flora calls for the entertainers to perform for the guests:

     (1)  "We are gypsy girls who have come from afar"

     (2) "We are matadors from Madrid" 

- excerpt from the La Traviata (1982) movie:

     

A3  "Parigi, o cara, noi lasceremo" 

(We will leave Paris, O beloved)

(L) A full opera (2h)

 

(R) An excerpt (11m)

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* flashmob

(L) "We are gypsy girls who have come from afar"      

 

   (R) a puppy joins in the Drinking Song