Caprichos
Contributors: Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994; Pons, Helene, 1898-1990; Ross, Herbert, 1927-2001; Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945; Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828; Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.); Ballet Theatre Foundation; National Theatre Corporation (Washington, D.C.); Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1953
Language: eng
Other titles: Ballet theatre; Caprichos (Choreographic work : Ross, H)
Description: National Theatre, 1321 E Street Realty Corporation, lessee, Louis A. Lotito, managing director, Ballet Theatre Foundation, Blevins Davis, president presents "Ballet Theatre," Lucia Chase and Oliver Smith, directors, Alicia Alonso, Igor Youskevitch, John Kriza, Mary Ellen Moylan, Gemze de Lappe, Paula Lloyd, Ruth Ann Koesun, Eric Braun, Lillian Lanese, Michael Lland, Anna Cheselka, Jenny Workman, Kelly Brown, Dorothy Scott, Liane Plane, conductor Joseph Levine, regisseur Dimitri Romanoff, assistant conductor Otto Frohn, ballet master Edward Caton. "Caprichos," ballet in 4 episodes by Herbert Ross, based on Goya's commentaries to his "Caprichos" etchings, music by Bela Bartok ("Contrasts for Piano, Clarinet and Violin"), costumes by Helene Pons, violin: Frank Gittelson, piano: Joseph Levine, clarinet: Julio Mazzocca.
Notes: National Theatre, Friday, January 2-Sunday, January 4, 1953. Friday evening, January 2, 1953.

Title devised by Library staff.

"First performance by Ballet Theatre, Center Theatre, New York, April 25, 1950".

Cast: Isabel Morrow, Jenny Workman, Paula Lloyd, Eric Braun, Kelly Brown, John Kriza, Ruth Koesun, Gemze de Lappe, Jack Beaber, William Burdick, Leo Duggan, Vernon Lusby.

With: Constantia / ballet by William Dollar. Issued together.

LC copy shelved under: Ballet theatre.

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).
Table of contents: title: 1. Ya tienen asiento; title: 2. No te escaparas; title: 3. Tantalus; title: 4. No hubo rededio.