Giuseppe Verdi’s drama La Traviata is one of the most widely performed opera works ever written. La Traviata in three acts set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave andis based on Alexandre Dumas’ semi-biographical novel ‘The Lady of Camellias’ (1848) which tells the story of a high-society Parisian courtesan called Violetta as she looks back over life from her deathbed. A new performance featuring over 80 performers, including a symphony orchestra, choir and soloists, is taking ...