John Neumeier: Die Kameliendame (music by Frédéric Chopin) - Marcia Haydée, Ivan Liška (2007/1987)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | LinearPCM, 2 ch | DTS, 6 ch | 7.13 Gb (DVD9) | 123 min
Classical | Deutsche Grammophon
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | LinearPCM, 2 ch | DTS, 6 ch | 7.13 Gb (DVD9) | 123 min
Classical | Deutsche Grammophon
Created for legendary ballerina Marcia Haydée, one of the great dance actresses of her generation, John Neumeier's Lady of the Camellias is a full-length ballet masterpiece. Like the Garbo film Camille and Verdi's La Traviata, it is based on Dumas's autobiographical novel about how, at the age of 20, he fell in love with a beautiful but doomed demi-mondaine. This stunning 1987 film is "a stroke of good fortune for the cinema and a triumph for Neumeier's ballet".
Cast:
Marguerite Gautier - Marcia Haydée
Armand Duval - Ivan Liška
Monsieur Duval - François Klaus
Prudence Duvernoy - Colleen Scott
Gaston Rieux - Vladimir Klos
Manon Lescaut - Lynne Charles
Des Grieux - Jeffrey Kirk
Olympia - Gigi Hyatt
Nanina - Beatrice Cordua
Der Herzog - Victor Hughes
Graf N. - William Parton
NDR Sinfonieorchester
Piano - Volker Banfield
Conductor - Heribert Beissel