Granted even Josh Kosman liked Futral and thought she looked the part (what does that mean?) by saying Futral is the right size . . . but Josh concentrated entirely on La Traviata being the final performance of maestro Runnicles, basically one lining Futral’s performance. The right size for what? Just what is the right size for a sixteen year old courtesan? At least that’s the age of the real demimondine who died of tuberculosis at 23, according to Kip Kranna.
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Carter and I continued the conversation back in the orchestra, seats P2 and P4. He stretched his long legs into the aisle. I said, the whole bit about Giorgio protecting his daughter’s impending marriage from family scandal seemed to be contrived even if it suits the business-like tone of the confrontation. After all, the father walks into Violetta’s home and declares that his son has declared he would give Violetta his inheritance. This cannot make the father too happy, seeing his family fortune go to a courtesan. This also reveals Alfredo had discussed the matter with his father, a pre-marital step. Somebody has to protect Alfredo from himself.
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