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Opera in Four Acts by Giuseppe Verdi ACT II BALLET

Giuseppe Verdi

George Balanchine

October 17, 1948, New York City Opera, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Danced by New York City Ballet. Conductor: Jean Morel

Marie-Jeanne, Herbert Bliss, 4 women

Performance Type

Ballet for Opera

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Opera in Four Acts by Giuseppe Verdi ACT III BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT (GYPSY DANCE)

Giuseppe Verdi

George Balanchine

December 16, 1935, Metropolitan Opera, New York. Danced by American Ballet Ensemble. Conductor: Ettore Panizza

Anatole Vilzak, Gisella Caccialanza, Ruthanna Boris, Constantine Iolas, Joseph Levinoff, corps de ballet

Performance Type

Ballet for Opera

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Note

Balanchine’s first choreography for the Metropolitan Opera during the three-year residence of the American Ballet as American Ballet Ensemble.

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.