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The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux Camélias), sometimes called Camille in English, is a novel by Alexandre Dumas fils. First published in 1848 and subsequently adapted by Dumas for the stage , the play premiered at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris , France, on February 2, 1852.
Alexandre Dumas fils (La Dame aux camélias), the opera marked a large step forward for Verdi in his quest to express dramatic ideas in music. La traviata means “the fallen woman” or “the one who goes astray” and refers to the main character, Violetta Valéry, a courtesan.
La Dame aux camélias est un roman d' Alexandre Dumas fils publié en 1848, inspiré par sa propre histoire d'amour avec la courtisane Marie Duplessis (Marguerite). De nombreuses actrices ont incarné le personnage, de Sarah Bernhardt à Isabelle Adjani et Isabelle Huppert, en passant par Lillian Gish et Greta Garbo .
La Dame aux Camélias is a beautiful novel about the tragic character of Marguerite, inspired by women that Alexandre Dumas fils knew in real life and his own tragedy of losing his mother very young. He was an illegitimate child of Marie-Laure-Catherine Labay and novelist Alexandre Dumas.
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Camille, fictional character, the protagonist of La Dame aux camélias (1848; staged 1852) by Alexandre Dumas fils. Camille made her way in life as a courtesan, and her byname referred to the camellias she carried as a signal of her availability. Camille gives up her way of life after falling in.
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La Dame aux camélias est un roman écrit par Alexandre Dumas fils, publié en 1848. Il s'inspire d'un fait-divers réel : l'amour d'Agénor de Gramont (1819-1880), pour la courtisane Marie Duplessis (de laquelle il fut également l'amant).
Alexandre Dumas fils adapte son propre roman, qui avait connu un grand succès en 1848, en créant La Dame aux camélias le 2 février 1852, au Théâtre du Vaudeville. La pièce connaîtra à son tour une brillante carrière en France et à l'étranger, et inspirera Verdi pour son opéra La Traviata , créé l'année suivante au Théâtre de ...
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