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Opera in Three Acts by Camille Saint-Saëns BALLETS
  • Music
Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Choreography
George Balanchine
  • Premiere
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
See Also
  • 66. Samson et Dalila,
    116. Samson et Dalila,
    171. Samson et Dalila,
    226. Aïda
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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)
  • 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 and Five Scenes by Camille Saint-Saëns ACT I BALLET; ACT III BACCHANALE
  • Music
Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Choreography
George Balanchine
  • Premiere
February 11, 1932, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Ballets [Russes] de Monte-Carlo. Conductor: Gabriel Grovlez
  • Cast
BALLET: 12 women. BACCHANALE: Eleanora Marra, 16 women
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
See Also
  • 66. Samson et Dalila,
    111. Tannhaüser,
    171. Samson et Dalila,
    228. Sansón y Dalila (Samson et Dalila)
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Source Notes

Choreography acknowledged by Balanchine

Opera in Three Acts and Four Scenes by Camille Saint-Saëns ACT III DIVERTISSEMENT
  • Music
Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Choreography
George Balanchine
  • Premiere
January 27, 1927, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. Conductor: Léon Jehin
  • Cast
Lubov Tchernicheva, 16 women
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
See Also
  • 38. Carmen,
    116. Samson et Dalila,
    117. Faust,
    228. Sansón y Dalila (Samson et Dalila)
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