Devil’s Holiday (Le Diable s’amuse) (1939)

Ballet in a prologue and three scenes by Vincenzo Tommasini

MUSIC

Vincenzo Tommasini, on themes by Niccolò Paganini

SCENERY & COSTUMES

Eugene Berman

DANCERS

The Old Lord: Simon Semenoff; His Daughter: Alexandra Danilova; The Young Lover: Frederic Franklin; The Fiancé: George Zoritch; The Devil: Marc Platoff; The Gypsy Girl: Nathalie Krassovska; The Old Woman: Tatiana Chamié; The Beggar: Robert Irwin; The Hat-Seller: Alexander Goudovitch
Variations: 1 Alexandra Danilova; 2 Rosella Hightower, Marina Novikova, Anna Scarpova, Roy Milton, Boris Belsky; 3 Nathalie Krassovska, George Zoritch, Chris Volkoff; 4 Tatiana Flotat, Tatiana Grantzeva, Rosella Hightower, Milada Mladova, Marina Novikova, Anna Scarpova; 5 Leila Lelanova, Jean Vallon, Charles Dickson, Ian Gibson; 6 George Zoritch, Chris Volkoff, Roy Milton, Robert Steele; 7 Alexandra Danilova; 8 Frederic Franklin; Bailiffs, Hunters, Guests: corps de ballet

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 26 October 1939

New Stagings / Productions

Cincinnati Ballet, 2002

NEW PRODUCTION

excerpts only

REPRODUCED BY

Frederic Franklin

COSTUMES

Diana Vandergriff

DANCERS

Pas de deux: Tricia Sundbeck and Dimitri Trubchanov

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati OH, 18 October 2002

Royal Ballet, 2004

NEW PRODUCTION

excerpts only

REPRODUCED BY

Frederic Franklin

COSTUMES

Allan Watkins

DANCERS

Solo: Martin Harvey; Pas de deux: Laura Morera, Martin Harvey

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Royal Opera House, London, 13 November 2004 (matinee)