La Dame aux Camélias La Dame aux Camélias La Dame aux Camélias (literally The Lady with the Camellias, commonly known in English as Camille) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas "fils", first published in 1848 and subsequently adapted by Dumas for the stage. "La Dame aux Camélias" premiered at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris, France on February 2, 1852. The play was an instant success, and Giuseppe Verdi immediately set about putting the story to music. His work became the 1853 opera "La traviata", with the female protagonist, Marguerite Gautier, renamed Violetta Valéry. In the English-speaking world, "La Dame aux Camélias" became known
Claude-Michel Schönberg 8 October 2005. The Broadway production closed on 18 May 2003, making it the third-longest-running Broadway musical, following "Cats" and "The Phantom of the Opera". Schönberg oversaw the production of "Les Misérables" that returned to Broadway for an intended six-month engagement at the Broadhurst Theatre on 9 November 2006, although it later extended its run. Schönberg's "Marguerite" includes music by Michel Legrand and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer. Set during World War II in occupied Paris, and inspired by the romantic novel "La Dame aux camélias" by Alexandre Dumas, fils, "Marguerite" is about the mistress of a high-ranking German officer who