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275. The Card Game (The Card party) 1951
A Ballet in Three Deals
- Music
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
- Cast
Joker, Todd Bolender; Queens: Hearts, Janet Reed; Spades, Jillana; Diamonds, Patricia Wilde; Clubs, Doris Breckenridge; 4 Aces (men); 4 Kings; 4 Jacks; 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 of Hearts; 10, 9, 8, 7 of Spades
Performance Type
Ballet
Note
Originally presented by the American Ballet (Stravinsky Festival), New York, 1937.
Additional Productions
Revisions
On at least one occasion, Joker danced by a woman (Janet Reed).
Source Notes
David Vaughan
176. Apollon Musagète 1937
- Music
Igor Stravinsky (Apollo Musagetes, 1927-28, commissioned by Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge)
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Scenery and costumes by Stewart Chaney. Scenery executed by Studio Alliance; costumes executed by Helene Pons Studio. Wigs executed by Barris
- Premiere
April 27, 1937, American Ballet, Metropolitan Opera, New York. Conductor: Igor Stravinsky
- Cast
Apollo, Leader of the Muses, Lew Christensen; Terpsichore, Elise Reiman; Calliope, Daphne Vane; Polyhymnia, Holly Howard; 2 Nymphs; Leto, Mother of Apollo, Jane Burkhalter
Performance Type
Ballet
See Also
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*84. Apollon Musagète,
198. Apolo Musageta (Apollon Musagète),
284. Apollo, Leader of the Muses
Note
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.
