AMAMI, ALFREDO! ECHOES OF THE OPERA LA TRAVIATA IN THE FILM PRETTY WOMAN

• Autor(a) principal: Thomas de Vargas, Yasmini
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Tausz Rónai, Laura
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Prâksis
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.feevale.br/seer/index.php/revistapraksis/article/view/3441
• topic: Opera. Giuseppe Verdi. La Traviata. Cinema. Symbolism.; Ópera. Giuseppe Verdi. La Traviata. Cinema. Simbolismo.

This paper seeks to draw a parallel between the courtesan Violetta Valery, the protagonist of Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata premiered in 1853, and Vivian Ward, the prostitute in the movie Pretty Woman, released in 1990. Both works have in common the story of a woman who is a sex worker and falls hopelessly in love with a man outside her social circle. The analysis approaches the historical and social perspective, personal facts, symbolism, visuals, and practical aspects of both works, trying to understand the similarities, differences, and social context of the middle of the 19th century and the end of the 20th century, bringing in the text images and video excerpts from the opera and the film, which are important keys to facilitate the reader's understanding and illustrate the analysis.