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From Gounod’s ‘Faust’
Charles Gounod (from Faust, produced with ballet music 1869)
George Balanchine. Staged by Brigitte Thom
Lighting by Ronald Bates
May 15, 1980, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater. Conductor: Robert Irving. (Preview: School of American Ballet Gala Benefit, January 24.)
Suzanne Farrell, Adam Lüders; Heather Watts; Stephanie Saland, Judith Fugate; 20 women
Performance Type
Ballet
See Also
Note
alanchine’s presentation as an independent ballet of the work he originally staged as part of the Paris Opéra production of Gounod’s Faust [397] in 1975.
Additional Productions
Stagings

1975   Paris Opera Ballet
2006   North Carolina Dance Theatre
2010   City Ballet of San Diego
2011   Opera di Roma
2014   Ballet Arizona
2015   City Ballet of San Diego
2015   Suzanne Farrell Ballet
2016   Ballet Arizona
2017   Miami City Ballet
2017   Star Dancers Ballet Company (Japan)
2019   Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
2020   City Ballet of San Diego
2022   Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre

Recorded Performances
Videos/DVD
1996, Nonesuch, The Balanchine Library: The Balanchine Celebration, Part One (pas de deux, 3 principals’ solos, finale)
Opera in Four Acts by Charles Gounod WALPURGISNACHT BALLET
Charles Gounod
George Balanchine
June 26, 1945, Ópera Nacional, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. Danced by advanced students from the School of American Ballet and guest soloists. Conductor: Jean Morel
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
See Also
Note
Patricia Wilde remembers performing a solo. Marie-Jeanne remembers performing a pas de deux with Nicholas Magallanes.
Source Notes

Balanchine, Marie-Jeanne, Patricia Wilde

Opera in Four Acts and Five Scenes by Charles Gounod ACT I, SCENE 2 INCIDENTAL DANCE (KERMESSE)
Charles Gounod
George Balanchine
December 19, 1935, Metropolitan Opera, New York. Danced by American Ballet Ensemble. Conductor: Louis Hasselmans
Corps de ballet
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
See Also
Opera in Five Acts by Charles Gounod ACT II KERMESSE: VALSE
Charles Gounod
George Balanchine
February 13, 1932, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Ballets [Russes] de Monte-Carlo. Conductor: Gabriel Grovlez
6 couples
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
See Also
Source Notes

Choreography acknowledged by Balanchine

Opera in Five Acts by Charles Gounod ACT II KERMESSE
Charles Gounod
George Balanchine
March 5, 1925, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. Conductor: Marc-César Scotto
Corps de ballet
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
See Also
Source Notes

Balanchine