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Opera in Four Acts by Georges Bizet ACT II TAVERN SCENE BALLET
Georges Bizet
George Balanchine
October 10, 1948, New York City Opera, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Danced by New York City Ballet. Conductor: Jean Morel
Maria Tallchief, Francisco Moncion, 2 women
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
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Balanchine’s first work for the New York City Ballet, which for two seasons served as resident ballet company for the New York City Opera.
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 Four Acts by Georges Bizet ACT II SEGUIDILLA
Georges Bizet
George Balanchine
March 24, 1932, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Ballets [Russes] de Monte-Carlo. Conductor: Michel Steiman
4 couples
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
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Source Notes

Choreography acknowledged by Balanchine

Opera in Four Acts by Georges Bizet ACT II SEGUIDILLA
Georges Bizet
George Balanchine
January 25, 1925, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes
4 couples
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
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Diaghilev’s dancers were employed between ballet seasons as the resident company of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, and his first assignments to Balanchine were opera divertissements. Balanchine has said that all choreography for operas in Monte Carlo during his tenure with Diaghilev was newly created by him; programs occasionally include no credits for choreography, and it may be that some dances by Nijinska, resident choreographer with Diaghilev at Monte Carlo in 1923 and 1924, remained during Balanchine’s early years. When choreography credits appear in the opera programs between 1925 and 1929, they are variously given as ‘Maître de ballet: Georges Balanchine,’ ‘Chorégraphie de Georges Balanchine,’ or ‘Ballet reglé par Georges Balanchine’; the significance of these differences is unknown.
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