413. Walpurgisnacht Ballet 1980
From Gounod’s ‘Faust’
- Music
Charles Gounod (from Faust, produced with ballet music 1869)
- Choreography
George Balanchine. Staged by Brigitte Thom
- Production
Lighting by Ronald Bates
- Premiere
May 15, 1980, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater. Conductor: Robert Irving. (Preview: School of American Ballet Gala Benefit, January 24.)
- Cast
Suzanne Farrell, Adam Lüders; Heather Watts; Stephanie Saland, Judith Fugate; 20 women
Performance Type
Ballet
Note
alanchine’s presentation as an independent ballet of the work he originally staged as part of the Paris Opéra production of Gounod’s Faust [397] in 1975.
1975 Paris Opera Ballet
2006 North Carolina Dance Theatre
2010 City Ballet of San Diego
2011 Opera di Roma
2014 Ballet Arizona
2015 City Ballet of San Diego
2015 Suzanne Farrell Ballet
2016 Ballet Arizona
2017 Miami City Ballet
2017 Star Dancers Ballet Company (Japan)
2019 Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
2020 City Ballet of San Diego
2022 Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
Recorded Performances
Videos/DVD
1996, Nonesuch, The Balanchine Library: The Balanchine Celebration, Part One (pas de deux, 3 principals’ solos, finale)
