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La traviata opens at La Fenice on 6 March 1853 as a completed opera on a contemporary courtesan subject

La Fenice and Britannica print 6 March 1853 as La traviata’s premiere, Piave after Dumas fils. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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La Fenice and Britannica print 6 March 1853 as La traviata’s premiere, Piave after Dumas fils. First-night difficulty and later success are one opera, not split twins. Police and moral censors remain in the neighbourhood.

Context

Access to the score is also educational; cohesion is the stored driver because the subject put a stigmatised woman in a civic theatre.

Giuseppe Verdi’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Lived 1813–1901. Impresarios, librettists, censors, khedival officers, and Ricordi share the public file. Va pensiero’s later nationalist reception is not stored as his revolutionary act. Complex contribution is required.

Why it matters

It is not a clinic.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactLa traviata opens at La Fenice on 6 March 1853 as a completed opera on a contemporary courtesan subject
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 6 March 1853 · verified

    It is not a clinic.

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Giuseppe VerdiEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Teatro La Fenice — Rigoletto and Traviata heritageFondazione Teatro La Fenice · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

La Fenice and Britannica independently describe the 1853 Traviata premiere.

Established: 6 March 1853 premiere. Not established: unique later decriminalisation coefficients.

Giuseppe Verdi did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorGiuseppe Verdi
  2. contributed toFactLa traviata opens at La Fenice on 6 March 1853 as a completed opera on a contemporary courtesan subject
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). La traviata opens at La Fenice on 6 March 1853 as a completed opera on a contemporary courtesan subject. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gv-traviata-1853

https://factrail.ai/facts/gv-traviata-1853

Accessed 16 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

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