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Opera in Prologue, Four Acts, and Seven Scenes by Modest Moussorgsky POLONAISE
Modest Moussorgsky
George Balanchine
April 20, 1953, Teatro alla Scala, Milan. Conductor: Antonino Votto
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
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Note
Although the printed program credits no dance or dancers, the ballet was probably a POLONAISE performed in the scene set in the Polish castle.
Source Notes

Tanaquil Le Clercq

Opera in Four Acts and Nine Scenes by Modest Moussorgsky ACT III POLONAISE
Modest Moussorgsky
George Balanchine
February 9, 1926, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. Conductor: Victor de Sabata
9 women, 10 men
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
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Source Notes

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