{"id":16591,"date":"2025-11-13T15:49:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T14:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/app.verdimuseum.it\/en\/?post_type=around&#038;p=16591"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T14:54:42","slug":"the-failure-of-the-first-traviata","status":"publish","type":"around","link":"https:\/\/app.verdimuseum.it\/en\/around\/the-failure-of-the-first-traviata\/","title":{"rendered":"THE FAILURE OF THE FIRST TRAVIATA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The premi\u00e8re of <em>Traviata<\/em> was performed on March 6<sup>th<\/sup>, 1853, and unbelievably, it was a complete failure!<br><br>It should be noted that Verdi reacted imperturbably, he wrote: \u201c<em>Last night the Traviata was a failure. Is it me to blame or the singers? The time will tell<\/em>\u201d. This is a clear signal of the confidence of Verdi, that was sure of having given birth to a work destined to be successful and, at the same time, it is a complaint about the questionable choosing of the performers for the premi\u00e8re, choices accepted but not shared by the opera composer.<br><br>The incompetence of the performers, the formal innovations and obscene themes for that time caused a dismay in the public that even hissed. An unexpected debut for a work nowadays ranked at the top. <br><br>Performed the next year in Venice, it was a rejoicing of applause that hasn\u2019t stopped yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The premi\u00e8re of Traviata was performed on March 6th, 1853, and unbelievably, it was a complete failure! It should be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16570,"menu_order":6,"template":"","around-subcategory":[637],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.verdimuseum.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/around\/16591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.verdimuseum.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/around"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.verdimuseum.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/around"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.verdimuseum.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.verdimuseum.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"around-subcategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.verdimuseum.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/around-subcategory?post=16591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}