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

1 Prologue: A weekend in the country
2 A mother and daughter: 1824-1837
3 L'affaire Plantier: Exmes 1837
4 Working girls in Paris: 1839-1841
5 A fair lady meets Pygmalion: 1840-1841
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: February 1847
18 Auction at 11 Boulevard de la Madeleine: February 1847
19 La Dame aux Camelias, by Alexandre Dumas fils: 1848
20 La Dame aux Camelias at the Vaudeville: February 1852
21 Verdi and teh Barezzis--The genius of La traviata: 1823-1852
22 La traviata 1853-1854: The apotheosis of Marie Duplessis
23 Epilogue: Memory and myth
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Index