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Julian Budden's Verdi (Schirmer) is a knowledgeable introduction to life and works, while Mary Jane Phillips-Matz's richly detailed Verdi (Oxford, paperback) supersedes previous biographies. Budden discusses La Traviata in Volume 2 of his exhaustive The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi (Oxford, paperback) and contributes to the ENO/Royal Opera Guide (Riverrun, paperback). The Dumas originals are available in paperback from Oxford World's Classics (novel) and Signet Classic (play). Dover publishes the orchestral score, Ricordi and Schirmer the piano-vocal.
Perhaps the best-rounded cast among available Traviatas (all 2 CDs) is Previtali's (RCA): Anna Moffo, Richard Tucker and Robert Merrill. Maria Callas's celebrated interpretation is best heard in the 1955 ...