by Verdi
The complete opera on Gramophone Records
Cast
Members of La Scala Orchestra and Chorus
Chorus Master, Vittore Veneziani
Conductor, Carlo Sabajno

La Traviata, one of Verdi's most popular operas, was a failure on its first performance. Verdi accepted this with .an air of humility and resignation. In a letter to his amanuensis he wrote: 'La Traviata last night a fiasco. Is the fault mine or the singers'? Time will show.'

The libretto of La Traviata is based on Dumas Fils's La Dame aux camelias.