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Opera in Three Acts by Camille Saint-Saëns BALLETS
Camille Saint-Saëns
George Balanchine
July 3, 1945, Ópera Nacional, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. Danced by advanced students from the School of American Ballet and guest soloists. Conductor: Jean Morel
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
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Note
Traditionally dances occur in Act I (DANCE OF THE PRIESTESSES) and Act II (BACCHANALE).
Source Notes

Balanchine, Marie-Jeanne, Patricia Wilde

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 Five Scenes by Camille Saint-Saëns ACT I BALLET; ACT III BACCHANALE
Camille Saint-Saëns
George Balanchine
February 11, 1932, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Ballets [Russes] de Monte-Carlo. Conductor: Gabriel Grovlez
BALLET: 12 women. BACCHANALE: Eleanora Marra, 16 women
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
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Source Notes

Choreography acknowledged by Balanchine

Opera in Three Acts and Four Scenes by Camille Saint-Saëns ACT III DIVERTISSEMENT
Camille Saint-Saëns
George Balanchine
January 27, 1927, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. Conductor: Léon Jehin
Lubov Tchernicheva, 16 women
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
See Also
Source Notes

Balanchine