Four Last Songs (ballet)
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Four Last Songs is a ballet made by Lorca Massine to Richard Strauss
' eponymous music
from 1946-48. First presented in 1970 at the workshop of its affiliated School of American Ballet
, the New York City Ballet
premiere took place on January 21, 1971, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center
.
Richard Strauss
Richard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his Lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till...
' eponymous music
Four Last Songs
The Four Last Songs for soprano and orchestra were the final completed works of Richard Strauss, composed in 1948 when the composer was 84. Strauss did not live to hear the premiere, given at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 22 May 1950 by the soprano Kirsten Flagstad accompanied by the...
from 1946-48. First presented in 1970 at the workshop of its affiliated School of American Ballet
School of American Ballet
The School of American Ballet is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The school trains students from the...
, 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...
premiere took place on January 21, 1971, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of New York City's Upper West Side. Reynold Levy has been its president since 2002.-History and facilities:...
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Original cast
- Susan Pilarre
- Bonnie Moore
- Meg Gordon
- Johnna Kirkland
- Lisa de Ribere
- Bonita Borne
- Robert Maiorano
- Bryan Pitts
- Nolan T’Sani
External links
- NYCB website
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10E14FF3D5F107B93C1AB178AD85F458785F9NY Times review by Clive BarnesClive Barnes (critic)Clive Alexander Barnes, CBE was a British-born American writer and critic. From 1965 to 1977 he was the dance and theater critic for the New York Times, the most powerful position he had held, since its theater critics' reviews historically have had great influence on the success or failure of...
, January 23, 1971] - http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30912FC3D5F107B93CAAB178AD85F458785F9NY Times review by Clive BarnesClive Barnes (critic)Clive Alexander Barnes, CBE was a British-born American writer and critic. From 1965 to 1977 he was the dance and theater critic for the New York Times, the most powerful position he had held, since its theater critics' reviews historically have had great influence on the success or failure of...
, January 28, 1971]