Includes the libretto in Italian by Francesco Maria Piave after the play La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils; parallel Italian text and English translation by Edmund Tracey.
Bibliography
Discography: pages 76-79.
Includes bibliographical references (page 80).
Contents
Introduction / Nicholas John -- Verdi and the singers for La traviata / Julian Budden -- La traviata : from real life to opera / Denis Arnold -- Alexandre Dumas the Younger and La dame aux camélias / April FitzLyon -- An introduction to the libretto / Nicholas John -- Thematic guide -- La traviata / libretto by Francesco Maria Piave ; English translation by Edmund Tracey.