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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
See Also
  • 67. La Traviata,
    123. La Traviata,
    252. La Traviata
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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 by Richard Wagner ACT III DANSE
  • Music
Richard Wagner
  • Choreography
George Balanchine
  • Premiere
February 5, 1928, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. Conductor: Michel Steiman
  • Cast
Dora Vadimova, Henriette Maikerska, Nicholas Efimov, Constantin Tcherkas
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
See Also
  • 38. Carmen,
    163. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
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