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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
Note
Balanchine’s first choreography for the Metropolitan Opera during the three-year residence of the American Ballet as American Ballet Ensemble.
124. Roméo et Juliette 1932
Opera in Five Acts, Six Scenes, and Prologue by Charles Gounod
ACT I DIVERTISSEMENT
- Music
Charles Gounod
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Premiere
March 6, 1932, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Ballets [Russes] de Monte-Carlo. Conductor: Gabriel Grovlez
- Cast
8 couples
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
Source Notes
Choreography acknowledged by Balanchine
86. Roméo et Juliette 1929
Opera in Five Acts by Charles Gounod
ACT I DIVERTISSEMENT
- Music
Charles Gounod
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Premiere
January 24, 1929, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. Conductor: Gabriel Grovlez
- Cast
8 couples
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
Source Notes
Balanchine