Marguerite and Armand Marguerite and Armand Marguerite and Armand is a ballet danced to an orchestral arrangement of Franz Liszt's B minor piano sonata. It was created in 1963 by the British choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton specifically for Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn. The ballet takes its inspiration from the 19th-century novel "La Dame aux Camélias" by Alexandre Dumas, "fils", and other adaptations of the same story such as Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La traviata". Marguerite Gautier, a Parisian courtesan, lies on her deathbed, gravely ill with tuberculosis. In her delirium she recalls her love affair with a young man named Armand, which the
Isle aux Morts Harvey, her brother and their dog, Hairy Man. They are known because of their bravery in rescuing sailors from two sinking ships, the "Despatch" and "The Rankin". A chamber opera based on the story of Ann Harvey entitled "Ann & Seamus" was written for "Shallaway - Newfoundland and Labrador Youth in Chorus" by Stephen Hatfield in 2007. The opera was based on the narrative poem by Kevin Major. French Pronunciation—I-lo-mor Pronounced by Residents as—I-la-mort Isle aux Morts Isle aux Morts is a small town on the Southwest Coast of the Island of Newfoundland, with an estimated population of 600. The