Frederic Chopin - La Signora Delle Camelie (2009) [DVD9 NTSC]

Frederic Chopin - La Signora Delle Camelie (2009) [DVD9 NTSC]


Video: 4:3 NTSC
Audio: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Label: De Agostini Licensed by Polyphon


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The thirty-year legacy of John Neumeier’s La Dame aux Camélias was originally via ballerina Marcia Haydée and the Stuttgarter Ballett where Die Kameliendame premiered to the German audiences in November 1978, and still has a popular run with contemporary audiences.

Of course, the ballet is based on Alexandre Dumas Junior’s novel of the same name, and centers around his romantic adventures in the Paris suburb Saint-Germain-en-Laye, where he encountered courtesan Marie Duplessis, and had a fiery love affair. Our fair lady died early from tuberculosis (à la Verdi’s Violetta), but apparently her beauty attracted many rich and famous lovers, notably Franz Liszt who was rumored to have given her piano lessons (NOT a metaphor).
The accompanying music for the ballet was chosen by John Neumeier after a long trial, eventually settling on Frédéric Chopin. He was quoted:

"The subject had been chosen; however, I didn’t know yet which music to use. My first idea was to have Verdi’s opera re-arranged, a project that I soon abandoned. Subsequently I found the score for a full-evening ballet on the same theme, by the French composer Henry Sauguet: nevertheless, after closely examining this music, it did not seem adequate to me either. The date of the beginning of the rehearsals was coming closer. I met the conductor Gerhard Markson by chance over a lunch, and I asked him: 'Which music would you choose for a ballet inspired by Dumas’s Lady of the Camellias?'. He thought for a few minutes and answered me: 'Chopin or Berlioz, or both'".

Now that the music is down, this is where we begin to have problems. The story is so convoluted, non-linear, and esoteric. It is just too complex, especially during Act III. All complaints from peers who have seen this production is that it is indeed exhausting to follow (bordering on boring), and Opera Chic definitely agrees.


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