La Traviata at the School of Arts

Updated May 10 2019 - 9:38am, first published May 8 2019 - 2:11pm

A chorus of courtesans, gypsies, matadors and wealthy lovers is on its way to Wentworth Falls School of Arts in the form of Verdi's La Traviata. Composed in 1853, the opera traces the story of French courtesan, Violetta Valery. Verdi based the libretto on the Alexander Dumas' book, The Lady of the Camellias, as well as Dumas' autobiography. Violetta's character was based on Dumas' lover, Rose Alphonsine Plessis.

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