96. Les Créatures de Prométhée 1929
Ballet in Two Acts
- Music
Ludwig van Beethoven (Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, produced 1801, commissioned by Salvatore Viganò)
- Choreography
George Balanchine (uncredited) and Serge Lifar
- Production
Scenery and costumes by Quelvée. Scenery executed by Mouveau
- Premiere
December 30, 1929, Paris Opéra Ballet, Théâtre National de l’Opéra, Paris. Conductor: J. E. Szyfer
- Cast
Olga Spessivtseva, Serge Lifar; Mlles Lorcia, Lamballe, Cérès, M. Peretti; 5 demi-soloists, 13 women, 9 men
Performance Type
Ballet
Note
Jacques Rouché, director of the Paris Opéra, engaged Balanchine to choreograph the ballet. Balanchine conceived the basic outline and created some of the dances, then became ill; Lifar completed the ballet and received credit on the printed program.
