Bolshoi Ballet: The Lady of the Camellias

Overview

Armand Duval finds himself at the auction of the famous courtesan Marguerite Gautier’s possessions after she passed away. She was Armand’s true love, and the vision of her belongings awakens vivid memories of their turbulent love story. Choreographer John Neumeier adapts Alexandre Dumas fils’s timeless novel The Lady of the Camellias for the stage with great sensitivity and emotional depth in his work of rare beauty. As the troubled courtesan Marguerite, superstar prima Svetlana Zakharova and Hamburg Ballet’s guest star Edvin Revazov as Armand bring the passionate drama to new emotional heights accompanied by Chopin’s fantastic score. Captured live in Moscow on December 6, 2015, for the Bolshoi Ballet's 2015/2016 cinema season. Encore screenings of this recording were released during the 2017/2018 and 2020/2021 cinema seasons.

Cast

Svetlana Zakharova

Marguerite Gautier

Edvin Revazov

Armand Duval

Anna Tikhomirova

Manon Lescaut

Semyon Chudin

Des Grieux

Kristina Kretova

Prudence Duvernoy

Mikhail Lobukhin

Gaston Rieux

Anna Antropova

Nanina

Andrei Merkuriev

Sir Duval

Daria Khokhlova

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