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47. UN DÉBUT

Opera in Two Acts by Philippe Bellenot
ACT II BALLET (DANCES IN RESTAURANT)

Choreography: By George Balanchine.

Premiere: March 21, 1925, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Conductor: Léon Jehin.

Cast: Corps de ballet.

Note: This brief opera was performed as curtain-raiser for the premiere of Maurice Ravel's L'Enfant et les Sortilèges [48].