410. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme 1979
- Music
Richard Strauss (concert suite, ca. 1917). Libretto after Molière
- Choreography
George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. COOKS DANCE by Peter Martins (uncredited). Assistant to the Choreographers: Susan Hendl
- Production
Scenery and costumes designed by Rouben Ter-Arutunian. Costumes executed by Karinska. Lighting by Gilbert Hemsley, Jr.
- Premiere
April 8, 1979, New York City Opera, New York State Theater. Corps de ballet composed of students of the School of American Ballet. Conductor: Cal Stewart Kellogg
- Cast
Lucile, Patricia McBride; M. Jourdain, Jean-Pierre Bonnefous; Cléonte, Rudolf Nureyev;
DIVERTISSEMENT: Darla Hoover, Michael Puleo, six women; Maid; 6 Lackeys; 4 Cooks; 2 Attendants to Cléonte
DIVERTISSEMENT: Darla Hoover, Michael Puleo, six women; Maid; 6 Lackeys; 4 Cooks; 2 Attendants to Cléonte
Performance Type
Ballet
See Also
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*131. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme,
221. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme,
414. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Note
Performed with Henry Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas.
Additional Productions
Revisions
Other Versions
1932, Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo. 1944, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
1979 Paris Opera Ballet
1980 Zurich Ballet (Ballett des Opernhauses Zurich)
Rosemary Dunleavy
