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284. Apollo, Leader of the Muses 1951
Ballet in Two Scenes
- Music
Igor Stravinsky (Apollo Musagetes, 1927-28, commissioned by Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge)
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Costumes by Karinska. Lighting by Jean Rosenthal
- Premiere
November 15, 1951, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin
- Cast
Apollo, André Eglevsky; Terpsichore, Maria Tallchief; Calliope, Diana Adams; Polyhymnia, Tanaquil Le Clercq; Leto, Barbara Milberg; Handmaidens, Irene Larsson, Jillana
Performance Type
Ballet
See Also
-
*84. Apollon Musagète,
176. Apollon Musagète,
198. Apolo Musageta (Apollon Musagète)
Note
Originally presented by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, Paris, 1928, titled Apollon Musagète. From 1957, titled Apollo and danced in practice clothes.
198. Apolo Musageta (Apollon Musagète) 1941
Ballet in Two Scenes
- Music
Igor Stravinsky (Apollo Musagetes, 1927-28, commissioned by Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge)
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Scenery and costumes by Tomás Santa Rosa
- Premiere
June 30, 1941, American Ballet Caravan, Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro. Conductor: Emanuel Balaban
- Cast
Apollo, Lew Christensen; Terpsichore, Marie-Jeanne; Calliope, Olga Suárez; Polyhymnia, Marjorie Moore; 2 Goddesses
Performance Type
Ballet
See Also
-
*84. Apollon Musagète,
176. Apollon Musagète,
193. Serenata (Serenade),
284. Apollo, Leader of the Muses
Note
Originally presented by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, Paris, 1928.
176. Apollon Musagète 1937
- Music
Igor Stravinsky (Apollo Musagetes, 1927-28, commissioned by Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge)
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Scenery and costumes by Stewart Chaney. Scenery executed by Studio Alliance; costumes executed by Helene Pons Studio. Wigs executed by Barris
- Premiere
April 27, 1937, American Ballet, Metropolitan Opera, New York. Conductor: Igor Stravinsky
- Cast
Apollo, Leader of the Muses, Lew Christensen; Terpsichore, Elise Reiman; Calliope, Daphne Vane; Polyhymnia, Holly Howard; 2 Nymphs; Leto, Mother of Apollo, Jane Burkhalter
Performance Type
Ballet
See Also
-
*84. Apollon Musagète,
198. Apolo Musageta (Apollon Musagète),
284. Apollo, Leader of the Muses
Note
Originally presented by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, Paris, 1928. Performed with the new works The Card Party and Le Baiser de la Fée as a Stravinsky Festival (April 27 and 28, 1937) by the American Ballet while in residence at the Metropolitan Opera House as the American Ballet Ensemble.
133.8. Variation 1932
- Music
Igor Stravinsky (from Apollo Musagetes, 1927-28)
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Costume 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
Performance Type
Concert Works
See Also
-
*84. Apollon Musagète,
133.1. Caprice,
133.1a. [Dances for Josephine Baker],
176. Apollon Musagète,
198. Apolo Musageta (Apollon Musagète),
284. Apollo, Leader of the Muses
Note
In a shell washed up on the sand, a young fisherman listens to the sound of the sea and dances.
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.
