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Opera in Three Acts by Camille Saint-Saëns BALLETS
Camille Saint-Saëns
George Balanchine
July 3, 1945, Ópera Nacional, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. Danced by advanced students from the School of American Ballet and guest soloists. Conductor: Jean Morel
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
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Note
Traditionally dances occur in Act I (DANCE OF THE PRIESTESSES) and Act II (BACCHANALE).
Source Notes

Balanchine, Marie-Jeanne, Patricia Wilde

Opera in Three Acts and Four Scenes by Camille Saint-Saëns ACT I INCIDENTAL DANCES; ACT III, SCENE 2 BACCHANALE
Camille Saint-Saëns
George Balanchine
December 26, 1936, Metropolitan Opera, New York. Danced by American Ballet Ensemble. Conductor: Maurice Abravanel
INCIDENTAL DANCES: corps de ballet. BACCHANALE: Daphne Vane, corps de ballet
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
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Opera in Three Acts and Four Scenes by Richard Wagner ACT I VENUSBERG BALLET
Richard Wagner
George Balanchine
January 21, 1932, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Ballets [Russes] de Monte-Carlo. Conductor: Gabriel Grovlez
Valentina Lanina [Blinova], Léon Woizikowsky, 14 women, 7 men
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
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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
Opera in Three Acts and Four Scenes by Camille Saint-Saëns ACT III DIVERTISSEMENT
Camille Saint-Saëns
George Balanchine
January 27, 1927, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. Conductor: Léon Jehin
Lubov Tchernicheva, 16 women
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
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Source Notes

Balanchine