133.7. La Prédiction 1932
- Music
Igor Stravinsky (from Le Baiser de la Fée, 1928)
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Costume by Christian Bérard
- 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, Anatole Vilzak
Performance Type
Concert Works
See Also
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133.1. Caprice,
133.1a. [Dances for Josephine Baker],
*178. Le Baiser de la Fée,
271. The Fairy's Kiss (Le Baiser de la Fée),
376. Divertimento from 'Le Baiser de la Fée'
Note
A young man meets a fairy disguised as a fortune teller. She predicts a sad future. He tries to flee, but suddenly appearing as her true self, the fairy seduces the young man, who dies from her kiss.
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.
