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150. La Traviata 1935
Opera in Four Acts by Giuseppe Verdi
ACT III BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT (GYPSY DANCE)
- Music
Giuseppe Verdi
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Premiere
December 16, 1935, Metropolitan Opera, New York. Danced by American Ballet Ensemble. Conductor: Ettore Panizza
- Cast
Anatole Vilzak, Gisella Caccialanza, Ruthanna Boris, Constantine Iolas, Joseph Levinoff, corps de ballet
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
Note
Balanchine’s first choreography for the Metropolitan Opera during the three-year residence of the American Ballet as American Ballet Ensemble.
115. Lakmé 1932
Opera in Three Acts by Léo Delibes
ACT II BALLET
- Music
Léo Delibes
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Premiere
February 9, 1932, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Ballets [Russes] de Monte-Carlo. Conductor: Marc-César Scotto
- Cast
Eleanora Marra, 12 women
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
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