3.SADNESS: Addio del passato – Giuseppe Verdi
This is probably the most tragic moment of Traviata, an ode to nostalgia while at the same time it seems to be invoking a premature end to it all. Violetta is about to die because of her illness, but she feels dead already because her love for a man doesn’t amount to anything for society: she will be forever considered a prostitute, a creature unworthy of love. The lines: “Not a tear nor a flower over my tomb, not a cross with a name engraved to mark my bones!” accompanied by simple music exemplify her bitterness. Continue reading clicking the below button >