According to reports, the demi-mondaine Marie Duplessis is said to have had the most beautiful eyes in the world. Alexandre Dumas will be enchanted by them for a period of time which will find its conclusion in La Dame aux Camélias. Verdi, for his part, wrote La Traviata during the most turbulent phase …
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