ABT: AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE


Synopsis:
Lady of the Camellias
5/25 (Evening - 7:30 PM), 5/26 (Matinee - 2:00 PM), 5/26 (Evening - 7:30 PM), 5/27 (Evening - 7:30 PM), 6/4 (Evening - 8:00 PM), 6/5 (Matinee - 2:00 PM), 6/5 (Evening - 8:00 PM), 6/7 (Evening - 7:30 PM)  2010
 
Running Time: 165 minutes

Alexandre Dumas, fils’ famous novel, La Dame aux Camélias, has inspired many great artistic works, including Giuseppe Verdi’s opera La Traviata and George Cukor’s film Camille, starring Greta Garbo. In turn, choreographer John Neumeier explores this endearing heroine, following Dumas’ original text about the renowned Parisian courtesan Marguerite Gautier, who falls in love with Armand Duval but is forced by his father to renounce her love to safeguard the family's honor. In this acclaimed ballet set to music by Frédéric Chopin, the choreographer achieves a rare humanistic vision of these characters with a genuine expression of their love, sacrifice and sublime heartbreak.