« De la vierge imbécile à l’intelligence du cœur. La Dame aux Camélias en Italie »

Marisa Verna

doi:10.3726/b22543

« De la vierge imbécile à l’intelligence du cœur. La Dame aux Camélias en Italie »

Translated title of the contribution: “From the stupid virgin to the intelligence of the heart. The Lady of the Camellias in Italy”

Marisa Verna

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Abstract

This paper aims at a bringing to light the shift of meaning ingrained in the Lady of Camelias by the Italian stage interpretation of the Dumas fils’ play. Eleonora Duse’s ‘minimization’ of the social aspects of the drama ushered in a new understanding of the main character Marguerite, who became the victim of a hypocritical and false set of moral values. Verdi’s opera contributed also to this melodramatic turn, that came to its culmination with Lella Costa’s play La Traviata. The reasons of the heart, staged for the first time in 2002. In this interpretation, that combines theatre staging with video and opera singing, Marguerite still represents the courtesans, but not to blame or admonish them: to praise their humanity.

Translated title of the contribution	“From the stupid virgin to the intelligence of the heart. The Lady of the Camellias in Italy”
Original language	French
Title of host publication	Interazioni letterarie e artistiche tra Italia e Francia. Interactions littéraires et artistiques entre l’Italie et la France, Literarische und künstlische Interaktionen zwiaschen Italien und Frankreichi
Publisher	Peter Lang Editore
Pages	131-145
Number of pages	15
Volume	17
ISBN (Print)	978-3-631-93005-02
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3726/b22543
Publication status	Published - 2026

Keywords

Dame aux Camélias
Dumas fils
Italian reception
Italian staging
Lady of Camelias
mises en scène italiennes
réception italienne

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Verna, M. (2026). « De la vierge imbécile à l’intelligence du cœur. La Dame aux Camélias en Italie ». In Interazioni letterarie e artistiche tra Italia e Francia. Interactions littéraires et artistiques entre l’Italie et la France, Literarische und künstlische Interaktionen zwiaschen Italien und Frankreichi (Vol. 17, pp. 131-145). Peter Lang Editore. https://doi.org/10.3726/b22543

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« De la vierge imbécile à l’intelligence du cœur. La Dame aux Camélias en Italie ». / Verna, Marisa.
Interazioni letterarie e artistiche tra Italia e Francia. Interactions littéraires et artistiques entre l’Italie et la France, Literarische und künstlische Interaktionen zwiaschen Italien und Frankreichi. Vol. 17 Peter Lang Editore, 2026. p. 131-145.

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