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Opera in Five Acts by Jules Massenet
Jules Massenet
George Balanchine
January 10, 1936, Metropolitan Opera, New York. Conductor: Louis Hasselmans
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
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Note
Although choreographer and ballet cast are omitted from the printed program, reference in a review to ‘a blithe ballet divertissement’ indicates choreography by Balanchine for the American Ballet Ensemble. It may have occurred in Act III, Scene 1, COURS LA REINE.
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.
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Choreography acknowledged by Balanchine
Opera in Four Acts by Jules Massenet ACT III BALLET
Jules Massanet
George Balanchine
February 5, 1925, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes
Alexandra Danilova, Thadée Slavinsky, corps de ballet
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
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