Traviata means "fallen woman" in Italian. What circumstances might have led young girls to choose the courtesan path in the 19th century? How did they feel, what did they go through, and what was really their downfall?
 
For Marie Duplessis, a poor woman who has been exploited since childhood, working as a courtesan - the mistress and companion of rich high society men - was the only way to her longed-for luxurious life and financial freedom. Using her profession as leverage, Marie achieved her goals: she learned to read and was interested in literature, played the piano, attended theaters, and donated to the church. She was constantly surrounded by a refined and educated society, she received the most famous writers and musicians of Paris in her salon. Stunned by the acquaintance with Marie, they immortalized her in their works: the son of Alexandre Dumas wrote the legendary novel "The Lady with the Camellias", which later inspired Giuseppe Verdi to create the opera "La Traviata", and the great romantic Ferenc Liszt left a large bundle of love songs.
 
Marie Duplessis, who rose to the heights of society during her fall, died of tuberculosis aged just 23, but lives on in literature and music forever. Concert program "Get lost in the vortex of pleasures!" - these are the life turns and love passions of a courtesan and the muse of great artists, reflected in the arias of G. Verdi's "Traviata" and the most wonderful songs of F. Liszt.