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The Lady of the Camellias

The Lady of the Camellias

(La Dame aux Camelias), John Neumeier / F, 2010
130 min

Recorded at the Palais Garnier in July 2008
Ballet in one prologue and three acts - Based on a novel by Alexandre Dumas Fils

Frédéric Chopin - Music
John Neumeier - Choregraphy and direction
Jürgen Rose - Sets and costumes
Rolf Warter - Lighting

With the Étoiles Agnès Letestu, Dorothée Gilbert, Delphine Moussin, José Martinez and the Premier Danseur Stéphane Bullion. With the Premiers Danseurs and the Corps de ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris.

Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris
Michael Schmidtsdorff - Conductor
Emmanuel Strosser and Frédéric Vaysse-Knitter - Piano

John Neumeier's subtle rereading of Alexandre Dumas fils' novel paints a masterly portrait of a society ready to sacrifice its passions on the altar of social respectability. But beyond these façades, it is above all a young woman's drama of love that he sets to dance, a drama that, propelled by movement, becomes a true inner journey through time and space.