Exemplifies the best elements of nineteenth-century italian opera.
a. rigoletto
b. la traviata
c. pagliacci
d. la boheme

The correct answer should be B. La Traviata.
In Italian, the name of the opera means The Fallen Woman. It is a composition written by Giuseppe Verdi in the nineteenth century. It is still considered to be one of the most important, as well as the most beautiful operas ever created, and it combined everything which was great at the time when it came to operas.