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253. Don Giovanni 1948
Opera in Two Acts and Six Scenes by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ACT II DANCE
- Music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Premiere
October 21, 1948, New York City Opera, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Danced by New York City Ballet. Conductor: Laszlo Halasz
- Cast
Corps de ballet
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
181. Don Giovanni 1938
Opera in Two Acts and Ten Scenes by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ACT II INCIDENTAL DANCE
- Music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Premiere
January 1, 1938, Metropolitan Opera, New York. Danced by American Ballet Ensemble. Conductor: Ettore Panizza
- Cast
Corps de ballet
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
38. Carmen 1925
Opera in Four Acts by Georges Bizet
ACT II SEGUIDILLA
- Music
Georges Bizet
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Premiere
January 25, 1925, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes
- Cast
4 couples
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
Note
Diaghilev’s dancers were employed between ballet seasons as the resident company of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, and his first assignments to Balanchine were opera divertissements. Balanchine has said that all choreography for operas in Monte Carlo during his tenure with Diaghilev was newly created by him; programs occasionally include no credits for choreography, and it may be that some dances by Nijinska, resident choreographer with Diaghilev at Monte Carlo in 1923 and 1924, remained during Balanchine’s early years. When choreography credits appear in the opera programs between 1925 and 1929, they are variously given as ‘Maître de ballet: Georges Balanchine,’ ‘Chorégraphie de Georges Balanchine,’ or ‘Ballet reglé par Georges Balanchine’; the significance of these differences is unknown.
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