Chopin: La Dame aux camélias

Paris National Opera Orchestra, Schmidtsdorff, Michael, soliści

DVD OA BD7025 D

Chopin - La Dame aux camélias Based on the Alexandre Dumas novel that also inspired the stories of Verdi;s La Traviata and Hollywood;s Moulin Rouge , John Neumeier creates a riveting dance drama around the famous woman of lore, La Dame aux camélias . The passionate tale of Marguerite Gautier and Armand Duval unfolds ingeniously through a drama-within-a-drama as they meet at the theatre during a performance of Manon Lescaut . So begin their romantic adventures in Paris, brought to life by Neumeier;s intense and refined choreographic language. Chopin;s ravishing music highlights this exceptional neo-classical ballet, featuring the star dancers of the Paris Opéra Ballet. This lavish production, filmed live at the Palais Garnier in High Definition and full surround sound, is all about love, passion, danger and glorious dancing from one of the best ballet companies in the world. Marguerite Gautier: Agnès Letestu Armand Duval: Stéphane Bullion Monsieur Duval: Michaël Denard Prudence Duvernoy: Dorothée Gilbert Manon Lescaut: Delphine Moussin Des Grieux: José Martinez Olympia: Eve Grinsztajn Gaston Rieux: Karl Paquette Le Duc: Laurent Novis Nanine: Béatrice Martel Le Comte de N.: Simon ValastroThe Paris Opera Ballet Orchestra of The Opera national de Paris Conductor: Michael Schmidtsdorff Stage Director: John NeumeierRecorded live at the Palais Garnier, Paris, on 2nd, 5th and 8th July 2008. DFORMAT: All Formats REGIONS: All Regions PICTURE FORMAT: 1080i LENGTH: 191 Mins SOUND: 2.0 5.0 PCM SUBTITLES: EN/FR/DE/ES/IT (extra features) RELEASED: 01/05/2009 NO OF DISCS: 2

Blu-ray x 1

Opus Arte

08/06/2009

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