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Papillons (ballet in 1 act)
Music by Robert Schumann, orchestrated by Nikolai Tcherepnin; libretto by Michel Fokine; sets by Mstislav Dobujinsky; costumes by Léon Bakst; choreography by Michel Fokine; premiere on 16 April 1914, Théâtre de Monte-Carlo, Monte Carlo. [This work was first performed at the Maryinsky Theater in 1912.]
Programme Officiel--1919-1920 Ballets Russes
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Parade (ballet in 1 act)
Music by Erik Satie; libretto by Jean Cocteau; sets, costumes, and curtain by Pablo Picasso; choreography by Léonide Massine; premiere on 18 May 1917, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris.
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Philémon et Baucis (opera)
Music by Charles Gounod; libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré; sets and costumes by Alexandre Benois; stage direction by Alexandre Benois; premiere on 10 January 1924, Théâtre de Monte-Carlo, Monte Carlo. [The opera was first produced in Paris in 1860.]
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"Polovtsian Dances" from act 2 of the opera Prince Igor
Music by Aleksandr Borodin, completed and partly orchestrated by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Aleksandr Glazunov; sets and costumes by Nikolai Roerich; choreography by Michel Fokine; premiere on 19 May 1909, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris. [The “Polovtsian Dances” were so successful that the work was performed without singers in later seasons.]
According to Bronislava Nijinska, dancer Adolph Bolm created the role of the Chief Warrior, “with such intense artistic force…that he has remained forever unsurpassed in it.”
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Pulcinella (ballet in 1 act)
Music by Igor Stravinsky, after Giambattista Pergolesi and other composers; sets, costumes, and curtain by Pablo Picasso; choreography by Léonide Massine; premiere on 15 May 1920, Théâtre National de l’Opéra, Paris. Italy was one of Diaghilev’s favorite destinations for inspiration and the ballet Pulcinella was the second that resulted from his visits. Massine had also visited Italy and, after reading through Commedia dell’arte scripts, he based his choreography on the story of The Four Pulcinellas. The original cast included Massine and Tamara Karsavina.
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