Insights into The Royal Operas La traviata

Join The Royal Opera as they explore Verdi’s La traviata, including the opportunity to hear extracts performed by the world’s top singers including Ermonela Jaho and Charles Castronovo Find out more at Verdi based La traviata on Alexandre Dumas fils’s novel and play La Dame aux camélias, inspired by the life and death of the real Parisian courtesan Marie Duplessis. Verdi offered a more complex and sympathetic portrayal of his heroine than Dumas, highlighting Violetta’s noble nature a