Fallen Woman

Studio 360 | Feb 10, 2011

When Verdi’s opera La Traviata, or The Fallen Woman, premiered in 1853, audiences cried over the story of Violetta, the original hooker with a heart of gold. But as Eric Molinsky reports, in some ways it’s harder and harder for modern audiences to connect with the choices La Traviata’s heroine made.

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