"La Traviata" Summary, a famous opera by Verdi
In Act 1, the heroine is Violetta Valery, she is suffering from the first ravages of consumption. She lives for the pleasure of the moment until Alfredo Germont falls in love with her. Alfredo offers to take her away from the fast life thatˇ¦s killing her, they go off to a country villa but Alfredoˇ¦s father, Giorgio Germont finds out about this. He appeals to Violetta not to lead his son to ruin and disgrace the family name, Violetta finally makes the decision to leave Alfredo.
In Act 2, Alfredo breaks into a festive party, Alfredo at the gambling table, has played for huge stakes against the Baron and won a great deal of money. Violetta begs him to leave
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