Weis, Rene - The Real Traviata

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.

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CONTENTS

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 Camelias, by Alexandre Dumas fils: 1848
20 La Dame aux Camelias 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