La traviata La traviata La traviata (, "The Fallen Woman") is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on "La Dame aux Camélias" (1852), a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas "fils". The opera was originally titled "Violetta", after the main character. It was first performed on 6 March 1853 at the La Fenice opera house in Venice. Piave and Verdi wanted to follow Dumas in giving the opera a contemporary setting, but the authorities at La Fenice insisted that it be set in the past, "c.
La Cage aux Folles (film) parents (Carmen Scarpitta and Michel Galabru) to meet them. , "La Cage aux Folles" has remained the 10. foreign film released in the United States of America. The film was the second highest-grossing film of the year in France with 5,406,614 admissions. In Germany, it received 2.65 million admissions, making it was the 11th highest-grossing film of the year. The film received critical acclaim. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 100% rating based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The film was followed by two sequels: "La Cage aux Folles II" (1980), also