Igor Stravinsky (Jeu de Cartes-A Card Game-Das Kartenspiel, 1936, commissioned by Lincoln Kirstein and Edward M. M. Warburg). Book by Igor Stravinsky and M. Malaieff
Choreography
George Balanchine
Production
Scenery and costumes by Irene Sharaff
Premiere
February 15, 1951, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin
Originally presented by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, Paris, 1928. Performed with the new works The Card Party and Le Baiser de la Fée as a Stravinsky Festival (April 27 and 28, 1937) by the American Ballet while in residence at the Metropolitan Opera House as the American Ballet Ensemble.
