la traviata, an opera by giuseppe verdi performed by luciano pavarotti, nancy gustafson, giorgia, andrea bocelli, and bryan adams:
la traviata is an opera in three acts by giuseppe verdi set to an italian libretto by francesco maria piave. it is based on la dame aux camélias (1852), a play adapted from the novel by alexandre dumas, fils. the title “la traviata” means literally the woman gone astray, or perhaps more figuratively, the fallen woman. it was originally entitled violetta, after the main character. [wikipedia]
