Russian State Ballet and Opera House

Featuring Bolshoi Theatre Guest Soloist, Book your tickets here!amande-concerts.co.uk/la-traviata/tickets/This haunting tragedy with its beautiful areas will transport you to the world in which it is set.La Traviata is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave - a love story shrouded in sacrifice and misunderstanding.Masterpiece in its own right, it contains some of Verdi's most beautiful and memorable music.The title La Traviata means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman Who Strayed.It is based on La Dame aux Camélias, a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils.It recounts Dumas' true-life affair with the beautiful demi-mondaine, Marie Duplessis.