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Balanchine Catalogue
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297. La Favorita 1953
Opera in Four Acts and Five Scenes by Gaetano Donizetti BALLET
Music
Gaetano Donizetti
Choreography
George Balanchine
Premiere
April 16, 1953, Teatro alla Scala, Milan. Conductor: Antonino Votto
Cast
Olga Amati, Giulio Perugini, Vera Colombo, Gilda Maiocchi, Mario Pistoni
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
Note
The ballet probably occurred in the Act II scene in the gardens of the Palace of the Alcazar.
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