and his sister from disgrace. Violetta returns to her old ways and is confronted and embarrassed by the angry Alfredo, unaware of his father’s machinations. Eventually Alfredo’s father, Giorgio Germont, relents but when Alfredo returns to Violetta she is mortally ill and dies in his arms in a poignant deathbed reunion. The music and emotional drama of the piece are beautifully blended by Verdi. The opera contains the bel canto style of singing popular in