Following up on her rant in an earlier thread, La Cieca now proposes the debate continue on the perhaps not perfectly defined issue of “composer’s intentions.”  After the jump, discussion material.  Which of the following versions of the “Parigi o cara” scene from La traviata most accurately represents Verdi’s intentions?

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