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150. La Traviata 1935
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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Balanchine’s first choreography for the Metropolitan Opera during the three-year residence of the American Ballet as American Ballet Ensemble.
87. La Gioconda 1929
Opera in Four Acts by Amilcare Ponchielli ACT I TARANTELLA; ACT III DANCE OF THE HOURS
Music
Amilcare Ponchielli
Choreography
George Balanchine
Premiere
January 26, 1929, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. Conductor: Michel Steiman
Cast
TARANTELLA: Vera Petrova, Nicholas Efimov, 4 women.
DANCE OF THE HOURS: Morning (Dawn), Felia Doubrovska, Mezeslav Borovsky, 4 women; Day, Alexandra Danilova, Léon Woizikowsky, 4 women; Evening, Petrova, Efimov, 4 women; Night, Lubov Tchernicheva, Constantin Tcherkas, 4 women
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
See Also
38. Carmen,
174. La Gioconda
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