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154. Tannhäuser 1935
Opera in Three Acts and Four Scenes by Richard Wagner ACT I BALLET
  • Music
Richard Wagner
  • Choreography
George Balanchine
  • Premiere
December 26, 1935, Metropolitan Opera, New York. Danced by American Ballet Ensemble. Conductor: Artur Bodanzky
  • Cast
BACCHANALE: Anatole Vilzak, Rabana Hasburgh, corps de ballet;
VISION: Annia Breyman, Kathryn Mullowny, Helen Stuart, Heidi Vosseler, Charles Laskey
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
See Also
  • 111. Tannhaüser,
    150.  La Traviata
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