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La dame aux camélias : ballet en un prologue et trois actes /

A performance of John Neuemeier's ballet La dame aux camélias by the Paris Opera Ballet. Set to the music of Chopin, the ballet is based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, which has also served as the source material for Verdi's La traviata and the 2001 film Moulin Rouge. The passionate tale...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Kameliendame (Choreographic work : Neumeier)
Main Author: Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Opéra de Paris. Ballet (Performer), Opéra de Paris. Orchestre (Performer), LGM (Firm), Société nationale de programme France-Régions, Centre national de la cinématographie (France), Opus Arte (Firm)
Other Authors: Neumeier, John, 1942- (Choreographer), Dupont, Jean-Baptiste (Producer), Grimm, Thomas, 1942- (Director), Letestu, Agnès (Performer), Bullion, Stéphane (Performer), Denard, Michaël (Performer), Gilbert, Dorothée (Performer), Moussin, Delphine (Performer), Martínez, José, 1969- (Performer), Grinsztajn, Eve (Performer), Paquette, Karl (Performer), Novis, Laurent (Performer), Martel, Béatrice (Performer), Valastro, Simon (Performer), Schmidtsdorff, Michael (Conductor), Strosser, Emmanuel (Instrumentalist), Vaysse-Knitter, Frédéric (Instrumentalist), Rose, Jürgen, 1937- (Set designer, Costume designer), Damme, Ferenc van (Producer), Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895
Format: Video DVD
Language:No linguistic content
Language Notes:Titles in French; with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.
Published: Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex, U.K. : Opus Arte, [2009]
Subjects:
Ballets > Drama.
Ballet dancing > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > France > Paris > Drama.
Courtesans > France > Paris > Drama.
Filmed ballets.
Televised ballets.
Ballet television programs.
Ballet films.
Documentary films.
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Summary:A performance of John Neuemeier's ballet La dame aux camélias by the Paris Opera Ballet. Set to the music of Chopin, the ballet is based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, which has also served as the source material for Verdi's La traviata and the 2001 film Moulin Rouge. The passionate tale of Marguerite Gauthier and Armand Duval unfolds through a drama-within-a-drama as they meet at the theatre during a performance of Manon Lescaut, and begin their romantic adventures in Paris.
Item Description:Title from program notes; some credits from container.
Ballet in a prologue and three acts.
Program notes by Reiner E. Moritz in English, French, and German (28 pages : col. ill.) inserted in container.
Extra features: illustrated synopsis; cast gallery; Flashback on Lady of the camellias, a documentary by Reiner E. Moritz & Stéphane Loison.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (approximately 191 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages ; 15 cm).
Format:Blu-ray discs; all regions; 1080p HD, aspect ratio: 16:9 presentation; PCM 2.0 or 5.1 audio formats; requires Blu-ray player.
Production Credits:Set and costume designer, Jürgen Rose ; BD producer, Ferenc van Damme.