LA TRAVIATA

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Opera in three acts in Italian
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave after Alexander Duma’s play La Dame aux Camélias
Premièr at Teatro la Fenice, Venice – 6 March 1853
26 November 1959
Grand Opera, Philadelphia

Conductor: Giuseppe Bamboschek
Chorus master: n/a
Stage director: Antony Stivanello
Scene and costumes: Vn Horn, Inc. Louis Valentino
Properties: Zafero Studios
Ballet master and choreographer: William Sena

Alfredo Germont lover of Violetta CESARE VALETTI tenor

Giorgio Germont his father FRANCESCO VALENTINO baritone
Gastone de Letorieres a young man about town n/a tenor
Dr. Grenvil n/a bass
Baron Douphol a rival of Alfredo GIUSEPPE LOMBARDO baritone
Marchese d’Obigny n/a bass
Giuseppe servant to Violetta n/a tenor
Violetta Valery a courtesan LEYLA GENCER soprano
Flora Bervoix her friend SCHILLING mezzo-soprano
Annina Violetta’s confident and maid DORIS OKERAN soprano

Time: 1850

Place: Paris and vicinity

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1959 March

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1959.04.19

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1959.10.03