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Why does Alfredo go to Flora’s ball in La traviata?
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La traviata
Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi was known for compositions such as the Requiem Mass (1874).
In Giuseppe Verdi’s opera La traviata, Alfredo Germont goes to Flora Bervoix’s ball specifically to confront Violetta Valéry.1
After Violetta leaves him to fulfill a promise made to his father, Giorgio Germont, Alfredo is devastated and enraged by the belief that she has returned to her former lover, Baron Douphol. Upon discovering an invitation to Flora’s ball, he decides to attend the event to seek out Violetta and express his anger toward her.1