334. Monumentum pro Gesualdo 1960
- Music
Igor Stravinsky (three madrigals by Gesualdo, recomposed for instruments, 1960)
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Scenery and lighting by David Hays (1960); lighting by Ronald Bates (1974)
- Premiere
November 16, 1960, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Robert Irving
- Cast
Diana Adams, Conrad Ludlow, 6 couples
Performance Type
Ballet
Video Archives Recording
George Balanchine Interpreters Archive (principal roles), 2007
Note
Stravinsky made orchestral versions of Gesualdo’s madrigals to honor the four-hundredth anniversary of the composer’s birth. The ballet is in three parts, each lasting just over two minutes. Occasionally since 1965, and almost consistently since 1966, performed with Movements for Piano and Orchestra [344] with the same leading female dancer in both.
1984 Dutch National Ballet
1999 Pennsylvania Ballet
2010 Suzanne Farrell Ballet
2011 Perm State Ballet
2014 Suzanne Farrell Ballet
