Tragic opera written by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi
Follows the story of Violetta, a high-class courtesan in 19th-century Paris, and her passionate love affair with Alfredo, a young nobleman
Relationship is put under pressure as societal expectations, misunderstandings and illness threaten to tear them apart
Famous arias from La traviata
Sempre libera (Always Free)
Brindisi (The Drinking Song)
La traviata was written in 1853 and premiered at the La Fenice opera house in Venice later that year
La traviata is set in Paris, France in the late 1950s
The story of La traviata was based on Alexandre Dumas's play 'La Dame aux Camélias' (1852), which he adapted from his own novel of the same name (1848)
