| The aria "Sempre Libera" is one which I have | | | | within her that oppose each other. As one wishes |
| always associated with a woman of beauty and a | | | | to continue the life she has known till then while |
| certain degree of caprice such Angela Gheorghiu; | | | | the other sees passion arising from a love that |
| singing to declare herself free from all the | | | | may be as pure as the relationship she would |
| morality of her time. She stating that she lives | | | | have with Alfredo, whose love for her she feels |
| her life free from the domination of any man for | | | | she can respond in kind. |
| time that go beyond her pleasure. | | | | It is as conflict rages within that Violetta (with the |
| It is during a party held in her elegant home that | | | | voice of Angela Gheorghiu) announces as if to the |
| Violetta (La Traviata) meets Alfredo, the man | | | | world that she is "Sempre Libera" (Always Free) |
| who had been in love with her for sometime yet | | | | from it all, as it is "folia" as her aria declares yet in |
| it is only on that evening that he makes his case | | | | all Alfredo insists and eventually triumphs. As the |
| clear to the one his romantic desires had been | | | | love he can offer over comes all the doubts in |
| leading him toward. Violetta, is overwhelmed by | | | | Violetta, who agrees to his proposal that the two |
| Alfredo's declarations of love yet is unsure | | | | of them live together in the bliss of those who |
| weather she should accept to live with him as she | | | | share love. I for my part have always enjoyed |
| considers it strange (E Strano) while thinking that | | | | this aria as one which is emblematic of the |
| may be he is the one in a voice that cries "Ah, | | | | soprano, whose voice reaches those high notes |
| Fors E Lui". Alfredo, all the while can be heard in | | | | which to my interpretation is that which fills opera |
| the background in declarations of adoration for | | | | with passion to elevate the senses. It being |
| her that attempt to pursued her to allow their | | | | Angela Gheorghiu whose voice brings Violetta to |
| love for one another to be joined. This creating | | | | life in all that makes her one of opera's most |
| confusion in Violetta's mind, who is unsure as she | | | | dramatic roles. |
| struggles with herself and the different views held | | | | |