Music: Igor Stravinsky.
Premiere: on April 28, 1948, by the Ballet Society at the
New York City Center in NYC.
Dancers at the premiere: Herbert Bliss (Apollo), Tanaquil LeClercq (Leader of the Bacchantes),
Nicholas Magallanes (Orpheus), Francisco Moncion (the Dark Angel), Maria Tallchief (Eurydice),
Beatrice Tompkins (Leader of the Furies). See also the Rep
Notes of the NYCB for this ballet. In the repertory of the Paris Opera Balletsince 1974
Choreography: George Balanchine.
Sets, costumes: Isamu Noguchi.
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