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Updated: May 31, 2025
"La Traviata," as all the world knows, is based upon the book and drama, "La Dame aux Camelias," by the younger Dumas, known to Americans and Englishmen as "Camille." The original book appeared in 1848, the play in 1852. Verdi witnessed a performance of the play when it was new.
Toleration is not liking. He fascinated us all for a day or two, but it did not last long; that sort of fascination never does." There was another long pause. The band had finished the Stella Confidente, and ran on without stopping to the performance of the drinking chorus in the Traviata. Hermione twisted her fingers together, and bit her lips.
Already nods, in a city that I wot of, a lonely sentinel whose lords are dead, who grows too old and sleepy to drive away the gathering silence that infests the streets; tomorrow I go to see if he be still at his post. For me Babylon was built, and rocky Tyre; and still men build my cities! All the Work of the World is the making of cities, and all of them I inherit. The Doom of La Traviata
There are passages in "Ernani," "Rigoletto," "Traviata," "Trovatore," and "Aida," so strong and dignified, that it provokes a wonder that one with such capacity for greatness should often descend into such bathos.
His ballet music owes much of its excellence to the picturesque variety of the rhythms. Instead of the long involved overture he gave us the short distinctive prelude which has been so successful. The preludes of Robert and Les Huguenots were followed by the preludes of Lohengrin, Faust, Tristan, Romeo, La Traviata, Aïda, and many others which are less famous.
Passing quickly by 'Il Corsaro' , 'La Battaglia di Legnano' , 'Luisa Miller' and 'Stiffelio' , all of which have dropped completely out of the current repertory, we come to the brilliant period in which Verdi produced in succession three works which, through all changes of taste and fashion, have manfully held their place in popular favour 'Rigoletto, 'Il Trovatore, and 'La Traviata. 'Rigoletto' is founded upon Victor Hugo's drama, 'Le Roi s'amuse. The locale of the story is changed, and the King of France becomes a Duke of Mantua, but otherwise the original scheme of the work remains unaltered.
As she turned to follow the servant out of the room, she ran against a young lady who hastily entered, singing a bar from "Traviata." "Bless me! I beg your pardon. This is " "Miss Orme; Erle's ward." "Miss Orme does not appear supremely happy at the prospect of sojourning with us, beneath this hospitable roof.
Claudine was tactfully silent. He paid and climbed the stairs to George's table. "The lady's gone. I've taken the high road," he said gloomily. "My God, Olive Oil, she was . . ." George's eyes expanded. "I mean, bazumas!" "Yes," Oliver said. "Bazumas." "That dress! That color!" "How about a little Courvoisier, George?" An hour later, he lurched home and put on La Traviata.
In 1855, "La Traviata" was produced in Vienna. This work, so filled with delicate, beautiful music, nearly proved a failure, because the consumptive heroine, who expires on the stage, was sung by a prima donna of such extraordinary stoutness that the scene was received with shouts of laughter.
"La Traviata" had made a complete fiasco, on its production in Italy, where no one dreamed of objecting to the subject-matter of its story; in London there was a loud outcry against the "foul and hideous horrors of the book," and the critics found little to praise in the music; yet the opera scored a tremendous popular success, and helped to rescue Her Majesty's from impending ruin.
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