Chopin: La Dame aux camélias
Composer(s):
- Chopin
Works:
La Dame aux camélias
Performer:
Letestu, Bullion, Denard; Paris Opera Ballet & Orch/Michael Schmidtsdorff; chor. John Neumeier (Paris, 2008)
A full length ballet which does justice to the Dumas novel on which La traviata is more loosely based. John Neumeier’s poetic choreography is blessed with Agnès Letestu’s Marguerite. David Nice
Running Time:
191 mins
Label:
- Opus Arte
Catalogue Number:
OA 1008 D
Performance:
Sound:
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