English: Geraldine Farrar as "Violetta"
Identifier: victrolabookofop00vict (find matches)
Title: The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Victor Talking Machine Company Rous, Samuel Holland
Subjects: Operas
Publisher: Camden, N.J. : Victor Talking Machine Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University
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FARRAR AS VIOLETTA ACT III (Italian) LA TRAVIATA (Lah Trah-veeah-tah) OPERA IN THREE ACTS Text by Piave, founded on Dumas Lady of the Camelias, but the period is changed tothe time of Louis XIV. Score by Giuseppe Verdi. First presented in Venice, March 6, 1853 ;London, May 24, 1856; Paris, in French, December 6, 1856; in Italian, October 27, 1864.First American production December 3, 1856, with Brignoli and La Grange. Recent pro-ductions at the Metropolitan with Caruso, Melba, Tetrazzini, Lipkowska, McCormack andSammarco. Many notable productions in America in recent years, among the most recentbeing the Metropolitan production of 1905, for Caruso and Sembrich; that of 1908 (debut ofAmato) and 1909 (debut of Lipkowska); the Hammerstein revivals for Tetrazzini and Melba ;and the recent Metropolitan production with Hempel. Characters of the Opera VIOLETTA VALERY, a courtesan Soprano FLORA, friend of Violetta Mezzo-Soprano ANNINA, confidante of Violetta Soprano ALFREDO GERMONT. lover of
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