Alexandre Dumas fils live with his father. There he met Marie Duplessis, a young courtesan who would be the inspiration for the character Marguerite Gauthier in his romantic novel "La Dame aux camélias" ("The Lady of the Camellias"). Adapted into a play, it was titled "Camille" in English and became the basis for Verdi's 1853 opera, "La traviata", Duplessis undergoing yet another name change, this time to Violetta Valéry. Although he admitted that he had done the adaptation because he needed the money, he had great success with the play, which started his career as a dramatist. He was not only more renowned
Isle aux Morts Harvey, her brother and their dog, Hairy Man. They are known because of their bravery in rescuing sailors from two sinking ships, the "Despatch" and "The Rankin". A chamber opera based on the story of Ann Harvey entitled "Ann & Seamus" was written for "Shallaway - Newfoundland and Labrador Youth in Chorus" by Stephen Hatfield in 2007. The opera was based on the narrative poem by Kevin Major. French Pronunciation—I-lo-mor Pronounced by Residents as—I-la-mort Isle aux Morts Isle aux Morts is a small town on the Southwest Coast of the Island of Newfoundland, with an estimated population of 600. The