Rhapsody

Rhapsody
Alina Cojocaru and Steven McRae
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Meditation from Thaïs (1971)

Later called Thaïs pas de deux

(Opera in three acts by Louis Gallet, after a novel by Antole France)


Abbreviations:
M Music by
S Scenery by
C Costumes by
D Danced by
FP First performance
NP New production
R Reproduced by
ST Staging (indicates that the ballet was produced in substantially its original form)



M Jules Massenet (1894)
C Anthony Dowell

D Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell
FP Gala Performance, Adelphi Theatre, London 21 March 1971

ST Pacific Ballet
D Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell
FP Nourse Auditorium, San Francisco CA, 3 June 1971

ST Royal Ballet
D Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell
FP Royal Opera House, London, 14 December 1971

NP Festival of Two Worlds: as part of Celebration: The Art of the Pas de Deux arranged by Jerome Robbins; S Rouben Ter-Arutunian
D Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell
FP Teatro Nuovo, Spoleto, 29 July 1973

ST Ballet de Nice: under the title Thaïs pas de deux; R Garry Harris
D Monique Loudières, Wilfred Romoli
FP Opéra de Nice, 8 December 1995

ST Dance Theatre of Harlem: under the title Thaïs; R Anthony Dowell
D Melissa Morrissey, Duncan Cooper
FP New York State Theater, New York NY, 9 July 2003

ST San Francisco Ballet: under the title Thaïs pas de deux; R Anthony Dowell
D Yuan Yuan Tan, Pierre-François Vilanoba
FP War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco CA, 13 April 2004

ST Royal Ballet/Paris Opera Ballet; R Anthony Dowell
D Leanne Benjamin, Manuel Legris
FP Entente Cordiale Gala, Opéra National de Paris, Palais Garnier, 29 September 2004