The All-Star Imperial Russian Ballet
Contributors: Imperial Russian Ballet; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.); Belasco Theatre (Organization : Washington, D.C.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1911
Language: eng
Description: "The All-Star Imperial Russian Ballet," this season's special feature of the Metropolitan Opera Company, New York. Special engagement, Belasco Theatre (opposite White House, Washington). Souvenir program for the American Tour, October 9, 1911 to Easter, 1912, under the direction of the Enterprises of Max Rabinoff, Inc. Touring America by the gracious dispensation of the Russian government, and special arrangement with the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, accompanied by a symphony orchestra under the direction of Mr. Vittorio Podesti, of the Metropolitan Opera Company.
Notes: Belasco Theatre, Washington, D.C., three performances only, Friday evening, November 3, 1911, Saturday matinee, November 4, Saturday evening, November 4.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Mlle. Katarina Geltzer, M. Mikail Mordkin, Mlle. Julia Sedowa, Mlle. Lydia Lopoukowa, Mlle. Carlotta Zambelli, Alexander Volinine, Mlle. Bronislawa Paji'zkaia.

LC copy: Gift: Est. of J.H. Corning, June 20, 1940.

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).
Table of contents: title: The repertoire: Divertissements: Hungarian Rhapsody (II) / Liszt; title: Valse-Caprice / Rubinstein; title: Nocturne and Valse / Chopin; title: The Fire Bird / Tschaikowski; title: Russian National Dances / Tschaikowski, Dargomiszki, Rubinstein; title: Bohemian Dances (South Russian Folk Music) / Dargomiszki; title: Polish Dances / Glinka, Glazounow; title: The Swan (from "Carnaval des Animeaux") / Saint-Saens; title: Valse (Pas de Trois) / Ahrens; title: Pas de Deux Venitien / Drigo; title: Valse de la Nuit Egyptienne / Arensky; title: Mazourka, Ballade, Variations et Finale (from "Coppelia") / Delibes; title: Bacchanale (from "The Seasons") / Glazounow; title: Adagio Classique / Bleichman, etc. etc.; title: Ballets (Ocular Operas): Le Lac de Cygnes (The Lake of Swans), in four acts / arranged by Mordkin, music by Tschaikowski; title: Coppelia, in two acts, story from "The Tales of Hoffman" / arranged by Neweter and Saint-Leon, music by Delibes; title: Giselle, in two acts / poem by THeophile Gautier, music by Adolphe Adam, revised and rearranged by Mikail Mordkin; title: The Legend of Azyiade, in one act / composed by Mikail Mordkin, music by Arensky, Bleichman, Bourgault-Ducondray, Chaminade, Glazounow, Rimski-Korsakow and Rubinstein; title: The Russian Wedding, in one act / story by Mikail Mordkin, music by Rimski-Korsakow, Rubinstein, Glazounow and Glinka; title: The Seasons, in one act / a descriptive musical poem by Glazounow, arranged by Mikail Mordkin.