Who wrote the ballet 'The Three Cornered Hat' first performed in London in 1919?
"The Three-Cornered Hat El sombrero de tres picos (""The Three-Cornered Hat"" or ""Le tricorne"") is a ballet choreographed by Léonide Massine to music by Manuel de Falla. It was commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev and premiered in 1919. It is not only a ballet with Spanish setting but one that also employs the techniques of Spanish dance (adapted and somewhat simplified) instead of classical ballet. During World War I, Manuel de Falla wrote a pantomime ballet in two scenes and called it ""El corregidor y la molinera"" (""The Magistrate and the Miller's Wife""). The work was scored for a small chamber"
"circus performers trying to lure a reluctant audience into the tent before the show begins. The sets and costume designs were by Pablo Picasso, who designed large cubist structures for the dancers to wear. The score was composed by Erik Satie, who used sounds from an airplane's engine, pistol shots, and a ship's siren to accompany the music. ""Le Tricorn,"" better known as ""The Three Cornered Hat,"" premiered at the Alhambra Theater in London, on July 22nd, 1919. Manuel de Falla composed the score and Pablo Picasso designed the sets and costumes. Massine's collaborators, all Spanish, helped to make this"
"orchestra and was performed in 1917. Sergei Diaghilev of the Ballets Russes, saw the premiere of ""El corregidor y la molinera"" and commissioned Falla to rewrite it. The outcome was a two-act ballet scored for large orchestra called ""El sombrero de tres picos"". This was first performed in London at the Alhambra Theatre on 22 July 1919 with sets and costumes created by Pablo Picasso and choreography was by Léonide Massine. Diaghilev asked Falla to conduct the premiere but the composer felt he was not experienced enough to conduct a work so complex and he handed the baton to Ernest"
"as Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos and Jesús López-Cobos, and Leonard Bernstein has recorded the two suites from the ballet with the New York Philharmonic. The original pantomime ""El corregidor y la molinera"" has been recorded by Josep Pons and Orquestra del Teatro Lliure for Harmonia Mundi. The Paris Opera Ballet has issued a performance of the complete ballet on a DVD entitled ""Picasso and Dance"". The performance uses not only Massine's original choreography, but actual reproductions of Picasso's sets and costumes. The Three-Cornered Hat El sombrero de tres picos (""The Three-Cornered Hat"" or ""Le tricorne"") is a ballet choreographed by"
"Le Corsaire Le Corsaire is a ballet typically presented in three acts, with a libretto originally created by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges loosely based on the poem ""The Corsair"" by Lord Byron. Originally choreographed by Joseph Mazilier to the music of Adolphe Adam, it was first presented by the ballet of the Théâtre Impérial de l’Opéra in Paris on 23 January 1856. All modern productions of ""Le Corsaire"" are derived from the revivals staged by the Ballet Master Marius Petipa for the Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg throughout the mid to late 19th century. The ballet has many celebrated passages"
"The Winter's Tale (ballet) The Winter's Tale is a ballet in three acts choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon to a commissioned score by Joby Talbot. With scenery and costumes designed by Bob Crowley, lighting designed by Natasha Katz, and special stage effects designed by Daniel Brodie and Basil Twist, it was a co-production of the Royal Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada and was first presented at the Royal Opera House, London, on 10 April 2014. Wheeldon's ballet is a dance version of William Shakespeare's play ""The Winter's Tale"" (1609–11), considered by scholars one of his ""problem plays,"" difficult to"
"by Boris Kochno. The ballet premiered at Covent Garden 18 July 1935 with Irina Baronova as the Princess and David Lichine as the Prince. The ballet was first staged in Australia by de Basil's Ballets Russes on 5 December 1936. An operatic adaptation was undertaken by Nino Rota (1911–1979) called ""The Swineherd Prince"" () when he was thirteen. Britain's only permanent marionette theatre, Harlequin Puppet Theatre at Rhos-on-Sea, Wales, presented ""The Swineherd"" in an adaptation by Eric Brammell in 1958. In the 1950s, Soviet/Russian composer Boris Tchaikovsky wrote a suite of incidental music for a radio production of ""The Swineherd""."
"the Met had staged the world premiere of Puccini's ""Il trittico"" (a triptych of three one-act Italian operas). Gatti-Casazza billed the ""Legend""/""Temple Dancer""/""Shanewis"" production as an ""American Triptych"". However, while all three operas were by American composers, only ""Shanewis"" had an American subject. ""The Legend"" is set in the Balkans and ""The Temple Dancer"" in India. The triple bill premiered at the Metropolitan Opera on March 12, 1919. All three works were conducted by Roberto Moranzoni and directed by Richard Ordynski. Norman Bel Geddes designed the sets and costumes for both ""The Legend"" and ""Shanewis"". Rosa Ponselle, who had made"
"and ran on October 19, 20 and 21, 1956 to both critical and popular success. Its New York premiere was performed by the New York City Ballet on January 15, 1957, in a production conducted by Thomas Schippers and choreographed by John Butler who also choreographed the world premiere in Washington. The role of The Poet in the New York City production was danced by Nicholas Magallanes with the three mythical creatures in the story danced by Arthur Mitchell (The Unicorn), Eugene Tanner (The Gorgon), and Richard Thomas (The Manticore). It has been revived many times over the ensuing 40"
"Triadisches Ballett Triadisches Ballett (Triadic Ballet) is a ballet developed by Oskar Schlemmer. It premiered in Stuttgart, on 30-31 September 1922, with music composed by Paul Hindemith, after formative performances dating back to 1916. The ballet became the most widely performed avant-garde artistic dance and while Schlemmer was at the Bauhaus from 1921 to 1929, the ballet toured, helping to spread the ethos of the Bauhaus. Inspired in part by Schoenberg's ""Pierrot Lunaire"" and his observations and experiences during the First World War, Oskar Schlemmer began to conceive of the human body as a new artistic medium. He saw ballet"
"Gustave III (Auber) Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué (""Gustavus III, or The Masked Ball"") is an ""opéra historique"" or grand opera in five acts by Daniel Auber, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe. It received its first performance at the Salle Le Peletier of the Paris Opéra on 27 February 1833, with costumes designed by Eugène Lami and Paul Lormier, and sets by Léon Feuchère (Act I and Act V, scene 2), Jules Diéterle (Act II), Alfred (Act III), Pierre-Luc-Charles Ciceri (Act IV), René-Humanité Philastre and Charles-Antoine Cambon (Act V, scene 1). The opera was a major success for"
"to the end of the work from approximately rehearsal number 17. However, this is sometimes changed to a crescendo (especially if performing the Suite). World premiere Lausanne, Switzerland, 28 September 1918, conducted by Ernest Ansermet. Other countries UK Concert Suite: 1920, London, conducted by Ernest Ansermet. Full staging, 1926, Newcastle upon Tyne, conducted by Edward Clark. Three further fully staged performances in London in July 1927. France Full staging (by Diaghilev), Paris, 1924 Germany 1924: Frankfurt, and Wiesbaden (conducted by Otto Klemperer) US Ballet version: New York City Opera, New York State Theater, Lincoln Center: 1978: Directed by Frank Corsaro"
"Three Little Maids Three Little Maids is an English musical by Paul Rubens with additional songs by Percy Greenbank and Howard Talbot. The story concerns three simple curate's daughters who go to London to earn their livings serving tea in a Bond Street tea shop. They become the romantic rivals of three ladies of fashion but succeed because of their freshness. The musical opened at the Apollo Theatre in London on 10 May 1902 and later transferred to the Prince of Wales Theatre, running for a total of 348 performances. Edna May, Delia Mason and Lily Elsie (on tour) each"
"Winter Dreams (ballet) Winter Dreams is a one-act ballet choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan to piano pieces by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky selected and arranged by Philip Gammon and traditional Russian music selected and arranged for guitar and mandolin ensemble by Thomas Hartman. With scenery and costumes designed by Peer Farmer and lighting designed by Clive Thomas, it was first presented by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, London, on 7 February 1991. Macmillan's ballet was inspired by Anton Chekhov's play ""Three Sisters"" (1900), sometimes named as one of his four best plays, along with ""The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull,"""
"Union Jack (ballet) Union Jack is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to traditional British tunes, hornpipe melodies and music-hall songs, ca. 1890–1914, adapted by Hershy Kay. The premiere took place on 13 May 1976, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, to honor British heritage in the United States its bicentennial with costumes by Rouben Ter-Arutunian, original lighting by Ronald Bates and current lighting by Mark Stanley. At the finale the ensemble spells out ""God Save the Queen"" in semaphore code and the Union Jack unfurls. Principal dancer Jock Soto"
"during the summer of 1919 to produce designs for the company's production of The Three-Cornered Hat he worked in the Polunin's Floral Street studio in Covent Garden. Polunin also produced designs for Sir Thomas Beecham's Opera Company. From 1924 onwards Elizabeth Polunin concentrated on portrait and landscape painting and exhibited at a series of solo shows in London, beginning in 1925. In 1933 Polunin returned to the theatre to design scenery and costumes for ""The Snow Maiden"" at Sadler's Wells. The Victoria and Albert Museum would later acquire some of her costume designs for its collection. Between 1924 and 1941"
"The Cabaret Girl The Cabaret Girl is a musical comedy in three acts with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by George Grossmith, Jr. and P. G. Wodehouse. It was produced by Grossmith and J. A. E. Malone at the Winter Garden Theatre in London's West End in September 1922 and featured Dorothy Dickson, Grossmith, Geoffrey Gwyther, and Norman Griffin (later replaced by Leslie Henson) in the leading roles. The first performance was originally scheduled for Thursday, 14 September 1922, with Henson in a leading role, but he fell ill on the morning of the scheduled opening, which"
"The Kermesse in Bruges The Kermesse in Bruges, or The Three Gifts is a burlesque ballet in three acts created by the Danish ballet master and choreographer August Bournonville to music by Holger Simon Paulli, first performed by the Royal Danish Ballet on 4 April 1851. The Danish title is ""Kermessen i Brügge eller De tre Gaver"". The ballet tells the story of three brothers who receive magic gifts from an alchemist. At a church fair (or kermesse) in 17th century Bruges three brothers (Adrian, Geert, and Carelis) receive magical gifts from the alchemist Mirewelt. The two older brothers, Adrian"
"at the Alhambra, Leicester Square. Based on a scenario by H. B. Farnie, a French libretto was prepared by Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu (who had previously given Offenbach ""Il signor Fagotto"", ""Le Fifre enchanté"", ""Coscoletto"", ""La princesse de Trébizonde"" and ""Boule de neige""), and then translated into English by Farnie for the production in London. Offenbach devised three major dance sequences in deference to the Alhambra's reputation as a theatre of ballet: for sailors in Act 1, a 'Grand Barbaric Ballet' in Act 2 and a ballet for peasants and archers in the fourth act. The 1890s French critic"
"Picasso and the Ballets Russes Pablo Picasso and the Ballets Russes collaborated on several productions. Pablo Picasso's Cubist sets and costumes were used by Sergei Diaghilev in the Ballets Russes's ""Parade"" (1917, choreography: Léonide Massine), ""Le Tricorne"" (""The Three-Cornered Hat"") (1919, choreography: Massine), ""Pulcinella"" (1920, choreographer: Massine), and ""Cuadro Flamenco"" (1921, choreography: Spanish folk dancers). Picasso also drew a sketch with pen on paper of ""La Boutique fantasque"" (""La course""), (1919, choreography: Massine). and designed the drop curtain for ""Le Train Bleu"" (1924, choreography: Bronislava Nijinska), based on his painting, ""Two Women Running on the Beach"" (""The Race""), 1922. The"
"home at the âge of 88. Alan Carter (dancer) Alan Carter (24 December 1920 – 30 June 2009), was an English ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, and company director, active in numerous countries in Europe and the Middle East. Perhaps best remembered for his work in films, notably ""The Red Shoes"" and ""The Tales of Hoffmann"", he was known in his later years as a ballet master and as a gifted painter, pianist, composer, and writer. Born in London on Christmas Eve of 1920, Alan Carter became interest in ballet in his boyhood. When he reached his early teens, he began"
"""La maschera e il volto"" (""The Mask and the Face: A Grotesque in Three Acts""), which he had written in 1913, and on which much of his reputation rests. It was praised by Antonio Gramsci in his magazine ""Avanti!"" (11 April 1917) for the insight it showed into the chasm between one's persona and one's true personality. It was revived in London in 1993. It was followed by ""La Scala di seta"" (""The Silken Ladder"", 1917), ""Chimere"" (""Chimeras"", 1920), ""La morte degli amanti"" (""The Lovers' Death"", 1921), which was produced simultaneously in London, ""Fuochi d'artificio"" (""Fireworks"", 1922), the radio play"
"Jeu de cartes (Balanchine) Jeu de cartes (Card Game) is a ballet in three ""deals"" by Igor Stravinsky composed in 1936–37, with libretto by the composer in collaboration with M. Malaieff (a friend of Stravinsky's eldest son ) and choreography by George Balanchine. The ballet was premiered by the American Ballet at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City on 27 April 1937, with the composer conducting. The European premier was on 13 October 1937 at the Dresden Staatsoper. The New York City Ballet premiere took place on 15 February 1951 under the title ""The Card Game"" at City Center"
"The Threepenny Opera The Threepenny Opera () is a ""play with music"" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, ""The Beggar's Opera"", and four ballads by François Villon, with music by Kurt Weill. Although there is debate as to how much, if any, Hauptmann might have contributed to the text, Brecht is usually listed as sole author. The work offers a Socialist critique of the capitalist world. It opened on 31 August 1928 at Berlin's Theater am Schiffbauerdamm. Songs from ""The Threepenny Opera"" have been widely covered and become standards,"
"Walpurgisnacht Ballet Walpurgisnacht Ballet is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine for a 1975 production of Gounod's 1859 ""Faust"" at the Théâtre National de l'Opéra, including the additional ballet music from 1869. The New York City Ballet premiere was its first presentation as an independent work and took place on Thursday, 15 May 1980 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. Balanchine had previously made dances for a production of ""Faust"" at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, danced by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, as well as in 1935 for the Metropolitan Opera and"
"illustrated edition by William Blake, published in 1826. ""Job"" had its world premiere on 5 July 1931, and was performed for members of the Camargo Society at the Cambridge Theatre, London. The first public performance of the ballet took place on 22 September 1931 at the Old Vic Theatre. The concept for a ballet based on the Book of Job was first proposed by the scholar Geoffrey Keynes, who was a respected authority on the work of William Blake. The music for the ballet, titled ""Job: A Masque for Dancing"", was written by the British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Vaughan"
"Alan Carter (dancer) Alan Carter (24 December 1920 – 30 June 2009), was an English ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, and company director, active in numerous countries in Europe and the Middle East. Perhaps best remembered for his work in films, notably ""The Red Shoes"" and ""The Tales of Hoffmann"", he was known in his later years as a ballet master and as a gifted painter, pianist, composer, and writer. Born in London on Christmas Eve of 1920, Alan Carter became interest in ballet in his boyhood. When he reached his early teens, he began training at Serafina Astafieva's Russian Dancing"
"included an excerpt from ""Union Jack"" in his farewell performance in June 2005. The music includes Scottish military tattoos and folk-dance forms; a music-hall pas de deux for the costermonger Pearly King and Queen; hornpipes, sea songs, work chants and jigs. Union Jack (ballet) Union Jack is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to traditional British tunes, hornpipe melodies and music-hall songs, ca. 1890–1914, adapted by Hershy Kay. The premiere took place on 13 May 1976, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, to honor British heritage in the United States"
"The Golden Age (Shostakovich) The Golden Age or The Age of Gold (), Op. 22, is a ballet in three acts and six scenes by Dmitri Shostakovich to a libretto by Alexander Ivanovsky. Choreographed by Vasili Vainonen (first act), Leonid Jacobson (second act), and V. Chesnakov (third act), it premiered on 26 October 1930 at the Kirov Theatre. The work was performed eighteen times and was initially censored due to its inclusion of modern European dance styles. The ballet is a satirical take on the political and cultural change in 1920s' Europe. It follows a Soviet football (soccer) team in"
"Jardin aux Lilas Jardin aux Lilas (""Lilac Garden"") is a ballet in one act choreographed by Antony Tudor to a composition by Ernest Chausson entitled ""Poème"", Op. 25. With scenery and costumes designed by Hugo Stevenson, it was first presented by Ballet Rambert at the Mercury Theatre, London, on 26 January 1936. It is considered to be the first of the genre of psychological ballets. The ballet is set at an evening garden party during the Edwardian era (1901–1910) in England. A young woman, Caroline, who is engaged to marry a man she does not love, has come to say"
"Jewels (ballet) Jewels is a three-act ballet created for the New York City Ballet by co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine. It premièred on Thursday, 13 April 1967 at the New York State Theater, with sets designed by Peter Harvey and lighting by Ronald Bates. ""Jewels"" has been called the first full-length abstract ballet. It has three related movements: ""Emeralds"", ""Rubies"", and ""Diamonds"" (usually separated by intermissions). It can also be seen as three separate ballets, linked by their jewel-colored costumes. Balanchine commented: ""The ballet had nothing to do with jewels. The dancers are just dressed like jewels."" Each of"
"the Russian composer Anatoly Lyadov (1855–1914) to write the music. There is no evidence, however, despite the much-repeated story that Lyadov was slow to start composing the work, that he ever accepted the commission to begin with. There is evidence to suggest that Nikolai Tcherepnin had previously started composing music for the ballet—music which became ""The Enchanted Kingdom""—but that Tcherepnin, for reasons unexplained, withdrew from the project after completing only one scene. Diaghilev eventually transferred the commission to the 28-year-old Stravinsky. The ballet was premiered by the Ballets Russes at the Palais Garnier in Paris on 25 June 1910, conducted"
"Columbiad (ballet) Columbiad is a solo modern dance choreographed by Martha Graham to music by Louis Horst. Edythe Gilfond designed the costume; Philip Stapp created the set. The ballet premiered on December 27, 1939, at the St. James Theatre in New York City. ""Columbiad""'s debut was part of an event called the Holiday Dance Festival, which included four additional works by Graham and pieces by the American Ballet Caravan, Carmalita Maracci and Dance Group, and Korean modern dancer Sai Shoki. Program notes described the work as ""an American Ode to Freedom."" A quotation from Revolutionary War era poet Timothy Dwight"