Alongside Rigoletto and Il trovatore, La traviata forms Verdi's renowned "popular trilogy" and is one of the most performed operas worldwide.

The story of La traviata revolves around Violetta Valéry, a Parisian courtesan who falls in love with young Alfredo Germont. Despite their genuine love, their relationship is impacted by social conventions and family pressures. A strict, deeply hypocritical bourgeois morality separates her from happiness and forces her to make a great sacrifice due to the fear of society's judgment. Altogether, it is a portrait of a rotten and corrupt society hidden beneath a splendid facade, something the audience rejected at its premiere because they saw themselves reflected too harshly.

A romantic opera, clearly anticipating verismo, it tells a moving story of redemption through love involving a courtesan, with deeply expressive music that captures the characters' feelings and vividly conveys their inner drama.