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133.2. Diana and Acteon 1932
- Music
Frédéric Chopin, orchestrated by Vittorio Rieti
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Costumes by Bouchène
- Premiere
June 29, 1932, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris. Conductor: Roger Désormière. (Earlier in the summer performed in Brussels, for which no program has been found.)
- Cast
Alice Nikitina, Anatole Vilzak
Performance Type
Concert Works
Note
Diana, surprised at the bath by Acteon, transforms him into a stag to punish him for his curiosity.
Source Notes
This and other numbers in the same concert (133.1-133.9) are described in Nikitina: By Herself, pp. 113-15. Concert program located by Barbara Newman.
