SUMMER SONATA – FILMS ON OPERAS AND BALLETS

Die Kamiliendame (Lady of the Camellias)
(123 min; dvd; 1987)
Ballet by John Neumeier
Music: Frédéric Chopin
 
With Marsha Haydéé, Ivan Liška, François Klaus, Colleen Scott
Hamburg Ballet, NDR Sinfonie Orchester
Conductor: Heribert Beissel
 
Based on Alexander Dumas’ 19^th century French novel, Lady of the Camellias follows the tragic affair of Marguerite, one of Paris’ most sought-after courtesans, and Armand, a young gentleman from the country