149. Mozartiana 1935
- Music
Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky (Suite No. 4, Mozartiana, Op. 61, 1887; based on Mozart’s Gigue in G major [K. 574], Minuet in D major [K. 355], the motet ‘Ave, Verum Corpus’ [K. 618], and variations on ‘Les Hommes Pieusement’ from Gluck’s comic opera La Rencontre Imprévue [K. 455])
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Scenery and costumes by Christian Bérard (from the 1933 production). Costumes executed by Karinska.
- Premiere
September 28, 1935, Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York. Conductor: Sandor Harmati. (First performed in America by students of the School of American Ballet, June 9, 1934, at Woodlands, the estate of Felix Warburg, Hartsdale [near White Plains], New York; then by the Producing Company of the School of American Ballet, December 6, 1934, Avery Memorial Theater, Hartford, Connecticut.)
- Cast
1. GIGUE: Hortense Kahrklin, Joseph Levinoff, Jack Potteiger;
2. MENUET: 8 women;
3. PREGHIERA: Annabelle Lyon;
4. THEME AND VARIATIONS: PAS DE SIX: 6 women; PROMENADE: 5 women, 2 men; SCHERZANDO: Annia Breyman, Elise Reiman; PAS DE QUATRE: 4 women; CLOCHETTES: Gisella Caccialanza, Elena de Rivas, Potteiger; PAS DE DEUX: Holly Howard, Charles Laskey;
5. FINALE: Entire cast
2. MENUET: 8 women;
3. PREGHIERA: Annabelle Lyon;
4. THEME AND VARIATIONS: PAS DE SIX: 6 women; PROMENADE: 5 women, 2 men; SCHERZANDO: Annia Breyman, Elise Reiman; PAS DE QUATRE: 4 women; CLOCHETTES: Gisella Caccialanza, Elena de Rivas, Potteiger; PAS DE DEUX: Holly Howard, Charles Laskey;
5. FINALE: Entire cast
Performance Type
Ballet
Note
Originally presented by Les Ballets 1933, Paris.
