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153. Lakmé 1935
Opera in Three Acts by Léo Delibes
ACT II BALLET
- Music
Léo Delibes
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Premiere
December 23, 1935, Metropolitan Opera, New York. Danced by American Ballet Ensemble. Conductor: Louis Hasselmans
- Cast
TERANA: Kathryn Mullowny, Betty Eisner, Nora Koreff [later Kaye], Yvonne Patterson, Mary Sale;
REKTAH: Elise Reiman, Lew Christensen, Douglas Coudy;
PERSANE: Holly Howard, Charles Laskey;
ENSEMBLE DANCE; FINALE: Entire cast.
REKTAH: Elise Reiman, Lew Christensen, Douglas Coudy;
PERSANE: Holly Howard, Charles Laskey;
ENSEMBLE DANCE; FINALE: Entire cast.
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
111. Tannhaüser 1932
Opera in Three Acts and Four Scenes by Richard Wagner
ACT I VENUSBERG BALLET
- Music
Richard Wagner
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Premiere
January 21, 1932, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Ballets [Russes] de Monte-Carlo. Conductor: Gabriel Grovlez
- Cast
Valentina Lanina [Blinova], Léon Woizikowsky, 14 women, 7 men
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
Note
As with his opera choreography for Diaghilev, because of such variables as new scenery and different numbers of people, while he was ballet master for the Blum-de Basil company [later Les Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo] in 1932, Balanchine rechoreographed all the operas carried over from earlier seasons as well as the operas receiving their premieres.
Source Notes
Choreography acknowledged by Balanchine
57. Lakmé 1926
Opera in Three Acts by Léo Delibes
ACT II BALLET
- Music
Léo Delibes
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Premiere
March 2, 1926, Opéra de Monte-Carlo . Danced by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. Conductor: Léon Jehin
- Cast
Lubov Tchernicheva, 12 women
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
Source Notes
Balanchine
