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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).

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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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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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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

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