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In Egypt, Ta-Hor and Amoun meet in a temple. When Cleopatra arrives, Amoun becomes captivated by her and declares his love. Cleopatra agrees to spend a night with him on condition that he drink poison the next morning. Ta-Hor tries to stop him, but returns to find him dead.
In five tableaux, Sebastian’s faith and defiance of pagan worship bring him before the emperor and into martyrdom. He refuses the imperial crown and lyre, is shot with arrows, and is finally received into heaven. Debussy’s incidental score accompanies D’Annunzio’s mystery play.
Music by Carl Maria von Weber, orchestrated by Hector Berlioz. The curtain rises on a girl's bedroom. The Young Girl comes into the room dressed in a white bonnet and ball gown. She has returned to her home after her first ball. She holds a rose as a souvenir of the evening. She drops into a chair and falls asleep. The rose falls from her fingers to the floor. The Spirit of the Rose is seen at the window. He steps to the floor and nears The Young Girl. Still asleep, she rises and dances with him. He leads her back to the chair, kisses her, then leaps through the window and into the night. The Young Girl awakes and rises. She picks up the rose she dropped and kisses it. The curtain falls.
A non-narrative ballet blanc: a poet or young man dances in moonlight among white-clad sylphs. The work is a romantic reverie built from Chopin piano pieces orchestrated for ballet.
Based on Carlo Goldoni’s comedy, the ballet follows the diversions of a count disguised as a woman during a carnival.
In Egypt, Ta-Hor and Amoun meet in a temple. When Cleopatra arrives, Amoun becomes captivated by her and declares his love. Cleopatra agrees to spend a night with him on condition that he drink poison the next morning. Ta-Hor tries to stop him, but returns to find him dead.
In five tableaux, Sebastian’s faith and defiance of pagan worship bring him before the emperor and into martyrdom. He refuses the imperial crown and lyre, is shot with arrows, and is finally received into heaven. Debussy’s incidental score accompanies D’Annunzio’s mystery play.
Music by Carl Maria von Weber, orchestrated by Hector Berlioz. The curtain rises on a girl's bedroom. The Young Girl comes into the room dressed in a white bonnet and ball gown. She has returned to her home after her first ball. She holds a rose as a souvenir of the evening. She drops into a chair and falls asleep. The rose falls from her fingers to the floor. The Spirit of the Rose is seen at the window. He steps to the floor and nears The Young Girl. Still asleep, she rises and dances with him. He leads her back to the chair, kisses her, then leaps through the window and into the night. The Young Girl awakes and rises. She picks up the rose she dropped and kisses it. The curtain falls.
A non-narrative ballet blanc: a poet or young man dances in moonlight among white-clad sylphs. The work is a romantic reverie built from Chopin piano pieces orchestrated for ballet.
Based on Carlo Goldoni’s comedy, the ballet follows the diversions of a count disguised as a woman during a carnival.