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A band of Gypsies gathers by a river, where an old man recounts how his lover left him. Aleko, who has joined the group, condemns the old man for not taking revenge. Zemfira, the old man’s daughter and Aleko’s partner, loves a younger Gypsy and rejects Aleko’s possessiveness. Aleko finds them together and kills them; the community spares him but banishes him.
Anya is a musical with a book by George Abbott and Guy Bolton and music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest. As they had done with Song of Norway (1944) and Kismet (1953), Wright and Forrest developed the musical score using themes written by a classical composer, in this case Sergei…
In the second circle of Hell, Francesca and Paolo tell Dante how they came to be there. Francesca was deceived into marrying Lanciotto, who suspects her love for his brother Paolo. While Lanciotto is away, Paolo reads to Francesca the story of Lancelot and Guinevere; they confess their love and embrace. Lanciotto returns and fatally stabs them. Dante is overcome with pity as the lovers return to the whirlwind.
In the surviving first act, Pisa is under siege, and Guido’s father tells him that the enemy will cease fighting if Guido’s wife Monna Vanna visits their camp wearing only a mantle. She agrees to go.
Rhapsody is a one-act ballet choreographed by Frederick Ashton to Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. The ballet was made for both Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's 80th birthday, and Mikhail Baryshnikov's guest appearance with the Royal Ballet. It premiered on 4 August 1980, at the Royal Opera House, with the two principal roles danced by Baryshnikov and Lesley Collier. The ballet is dedicated to the Queen Mother.
The young knight Albert, burdened by debt, asks a moneylender for a loan. The moneylender proposes that Albert poison his father, the wealthy Baron, and Albert rejects the suggestion. The Baron gloats over his accumulated gold but fears his son will squander it. At the Duke’s court, the Baron accuses Albert of wanting to steal from him; Albert appears and calls his father a liar. The Baron challenges him to a duel, then collapses and dies, asking for the keys to his treasure chests.
A band of Gypsies gathers by a river, where an old man recounts how his lover left him. Aleko, who has joined the group, condemns the old man for not taking revenge. Zemfira, the old man’s daughter and Aleko’s partner, loves a younger Gypsy and rejects Aleko’s possessiveness. Aleko finds them together and kills them; the community spares him but banishes him.
Anya is a musical with a book by George Abbott and Guy Bolton and music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest. As they had done with Song of Norway (1944) and Kismet (1953), Wright and Forrest developed the musical score using themes written by a classical composer, in this case Sergei…
In the second circle of Hell, Francesca and Paolo tell Dante how they came to be there. Francesca was deceived into marrying Lanciotto, who suspects her love for his brother Paolo. While Lanciotto is away, Paolo reads to Francesca the story of Lancelot and Guinevere; they confess their love and embrace. Lanciotto returns and fatally stabs them. Dante is overcome with pity as the lovers return to the whirlwind.
In the surviving first act, Pisa is under siege, and Guido’s father tells him that the enemy will cease fighting if Guido’s wife Monna Vanna visits their camp wearing only a mantle. She agrees to go.
Rhapsody is a one-act ballet choreographed by Frederick Ashton to Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. The ballet was made for both Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's 80th birthday, and Mikhail Baryshnikov's guest appearance with the Royal Ballet. It premiered on 4 August 1980, at the Royal Opera House, with the two principal roles danced by Baryshnikov and Lesley Collier. The ballet is dedicated to the Queen Mother.
The young knight Albert, burdened by debt, asks a moneylender for a loan. The moneylender proposes that Albert poison his father, the wealthy Baron, and Albert rejects the suggestion. The Baron gloats over his accumulated gold but fears his son will squander it. At the Duke’s court, the Baron accuses Albert of wanting to steal from him; Albert appears and calls his father a liar. The Baron challenges him to a duel, then collapses and dies, asking for the keys to his treasure chests.
A Peter Martins ballet set to four pieces: Rachmaninoff's Vocalise, Parasha's Song from Stravinsky's Mavra, the fourth of Prokofiev's Cinq Mélodies, and Tchaikovsky's Valse-Scherzo.