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Events on Sunday 6 March 1853 1
1853La Traviata premieresVerdi opera opens in VeniceGiuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata premiered at La Fenice in Venice on 6 March 1853 and was initially poorly received. Revised and restaged more successfully the following year, it went on to become one of the most performed operas in the world. It tells the story of a Parisian courtesan and her doomed love affair.