The story of Marie Duplessis, the woman who inspired Verdi's La traviata. A rags-to-riches fairytale, from rural poverty to Parisian stardom, which ended in tragedy but gave rise to some of the most heart-wrenching and lyrical music ever composed.
The story of Marie Duplessis, the woman who inspired Verdi's La traviata. A rags-to-riches fairytale, from rural poverty to Parisian stardom, which ended in tragedy but gave rise to some of the most heart-wrenching and lyrical music ever composed.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
René Weis is a freelance author and a professor of English at UCL. He has a written on a wide variety of subjects, including Edith Thompson (of the infamous 'Thompson and Bywaters' murder case in the 1920s), the last Cathar insurgency in the Pyrenees in the Middle Ages, and a biography of Shakespeare. As a professional Shakespearian, he has published extensively on Shakespeare and Renaissance drama, his publications including editions of Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Henry IV Part 2, and an Oxford World Classics edition of the works of John Webster. A lifelong lover of opera, he also contributes regular pieces to the programmes for Royal Opera House productions.
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* Prologue * 1: A weekend in the country in July 1841 * 2: A mother and daughter: 1824 - 1837 * 3: L'affaire Plantier: Exmes 1837 * 4: Working girls in Paris: 1839 -1840 * 5: A fair lady meets Pygmalion: 1840-1 * 6: The baby of a traviata: Versailles, May 1841 * 7: Stallions and flaneurs on the Boulevard des Italiens: 1841-1842 * 8: An old count in Baden-Baden: July 1842 * 9: Partying in Paris and London with Antinous: 1842-1843 * 10: A summer idyll on a bend in the river: 1843 * 11: Sin and luxury at 11 Boulevard de la Madeleine : 1844 - 1847 * 12: Alexandre Dumas fils, Lola Montez and Olympe Aguado: 1844-45 * 13: The pianist, the baroness, and the actress: October 1845 - February 1846 * 14: A registry wedding in London: 21 February 1846 * 15: A summer sunset in the spas of Europe: 1846 * 16: Agony and death of a maiden : October 1846 - 3 February 1847 * 17: Two winter funerals in Montmartre * 18: Auction at 11 Boulevard de la Madeleine * 19: La Dame aux Camélias, by Alexandre Dumas fils: 1848 * 20: La Dame aux Camélias at the Vaudeville: February 1852 * 21: The genesis of La traviata: 1852-3 * 22: La traviata : Teatro La Fenice, Venice, 6 March 1853 * 23: When the music stopped: the triumphs of Traviata and Marie Duplessis: 1853-2013 * Notes * Index
* Prologue * 1: A weekend in the country in July 1841 * 2: A mother and daughter: 1824 - 1837 * 3: L'affaire Plantier: Exmes 1837 * 4: Working girls in Paris: 1839 -1840 * 5: A fair lady meets Pygmalion: 1840-1 * 6: The baby of a traviata: Versailles, May 1841 * 7: Stallions and flaneurs on the Boulevard des Italiens: 1841-1842 * 8: An old count in Baden-Baden: July 1842 * 9: Partying in Paris and London with Antinous: 1842-1843 * 10: A summer idyll on a bend in the river: 1843 * 11: Sin and luxury at 11 Boulevard de la Madeleine : 1844 - 1847 * 12: Alexandre Dumas fils, Lola Montez and Olympe Aguado: 1844-45 * 13: The pianist, the baroness, and the actress: October 1845 - February 1846 * 14: A registry wedding in London: 21 February 1846 * 15: A summer sunset in the spas of Europe: 1846 * 16: Agony and death of a maiden : October 1846 - 3 February 1847 * 17: Two winter funerals in Montmartre * 18: Auction at 11 Boulevard de la Madeleine * 19: La Dame aux Camélias, by Alexandre Dumas fils: 1848 * 20: La Dame aux Camélias at the Vaudeville: February 1852 * 21: The genesis of La traviata: 1852-3 * 22: La traviata : Teatro La Fenice, Venice, 6 March 1853 * 23: When the music stopped: the triumphs of Traviata and Marie Duplessis: 1853-2013 * Notes * Index
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