Balanchine Catalogue Archive
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156. Rigoletto 1935
Opera in Four Acts by Giuseppe Verdi
ACT I INCIDENTAL DANCE
- Music
Giuseppe Verdi
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Premiere
December 28, 1935, Metropolitan Opera, New York. Danced by American Ballet Ensemble. Conductor: Ettore Panizza
- Cast
Corps de ballet
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
88. Rigolletto 1929
Opera in Four Acts by Giuseppe Verdi
ACT I DIVERTISSEMENT
- Music
Giuseppe Verdi
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Premiere
February 28, 1929, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. Conductor: Michel Steiman
- Cast
6 couples
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
Source Notes
Balanchine
