133.5. Galathée 1932
- Music
Frédéric Chopin, orchestrated by Vittorio Rieti
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Costumes by Georges Annenkoff
- Premiere
June 29, 1932, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris. Conductor: Roger Désormière. (Earlier in the summer performed in Brussels, for which no program has been found.)
- Cast
Alice Nikitina
Performance Type
Concert Works
Note
Pygmalion, through the force of his love, having brought the statue of Galatea to life, is himself turned to stone. Despite this program note, Nikitina’s is the only name that appears in the cast.
This and other numbers in the same concert (133.1-133.9) are described in Nikitina: By Herself, pp. 113-15. Concert program located by Barbara Newman.
