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180. Roméo et Juliette 1937
Opera in Five Acts and Seven Scenes by Charles Gounod
ACT I INCIDENTAL DANCE
- Music
Charles Gounod
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Premiere
December 16, 1937, Metropolitan Opera, New York. Danced by American Ballet Ensemble. Conductor: Maurice Abravanel
- Cast
Corps de ballet
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
124. Roméo et Juliette 1932
Opera in Five Acts, Six Scenes, and Prologue by Charles Gounod
ACT I DIVERTISSEMENT
- Music
Charles Gounod
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Premiere
March 6, 1932, Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Danced by Ballets [Russes] de Monte-Carlo. Conductor: Gabriel Grovlez
- Cast
8 couples
Performance Type
Ballet for Opera
Source Notes
Choreography acknowledged by Balanchine
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.
Source Notes
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