Ballo della Regina
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Ballo della Regina is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine
, set to music of Giuseppe Verdi
's opera Don Carlos
. Its premiere performance was on January 12, 1978, by the New York City Ballet
at New York State Theater in Lincoln Center.
The work is noted for the high degree of technical difficulties it presents for the female lead.
Ballo della Regina was featured in a Emmy-winning PBS performance entitled Balanchine: Dance in America - Ballo della Regina - Steadfast Tin Soldier - Elegie - Tschaikovsky.
George Balanchine
George Balanchine , born Giorgi Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to a Georgian father and a Russian mother, was one of the 20th century's most famous choreographers, a developer of ballet in the United States, co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet...
, set to music of Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
's opera Don Carlos
Don Carlos
Don Carlos is a five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French language libretto by Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry, based on the dramatic play Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien by Friedrich Schiller...
. Its premiere performance was on January 12, 1978, by the New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...
at New York State Theater in Lincoln Center.
The work is noted for the high degree of technical difficulties it presents for the female lead.
Ballo della Regina was featured in a Emmy-winning PBS performance entitled Balanchine: Dance in America - Ballo della Regina - Steadfast Tin Soldier - Elegie - Tschaikovsky.
original
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Reviews
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70912FA3B5A13728DDDAD0994D9405B888BF1D3NY Times, January 14, 1978, by Anna KisselgoffAnna KisselgoffAnna Kisselgoff is a dance critic and cultural news reporter for the New York Times. She began at the Times as a dance critic and cultural news reporter in 1968, and became its Chief Dance Critic in 1977, a role she held until 2005...
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Articles
- http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/arts/dance/28maca.htmlNY Times by Alastair MacaulayAlastair MacaulayAlastair Macaulay is a dance critic for the New York Times. He was previously chief dance critic at The Times Literary Supplement and chief theater critic of the Financial Times, both of London...
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