The Fallen One, an original adaptation of La Traviata. Saturday August 12th, 7:30 p.m. | Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza - 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362

The Fallen One is an original adaptation of La Traviata, the opera masterpiece written by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1853. The Fallen One is about a beautiful young woman (Violetta) who lives as a mistress to men of wealth and power. Violetta falls in love with Alfredo, a young man from a leading family, who woos Violetta with the sincerest of affection. Against better advice, Violetta chooses to leave the wealth and security that is hers as a privileged mistress in the hopes of knowing true love.