Le Tombeau de Couperin (ballet)
- Le Tombeau de Couperin (ballet)
"Le Tombeau de Couperin" is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Maurice Ravel's 1919 music of the same title and orchestrated by the composer 1920. The premiere took place as part of City Ballet's Ravel Festival May 29, 1975, as the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.
Original Cast
*Judith Fugate
*Wilhelmina Frankfurt
*Muriel Aasen
*Susan Hendl
*Marjorie Spohn
*Delia Peters
*Susan Pilarre
*Carol Sumner
*Jean-Pierre Frohlich
*Victor Castelli
*Francis Sackett
*David Richardson,
*Hermes Condé
*Richard Hoskinson
*Richard Dryden,
*Laurence Matthews
References
* "Playbill", New York City Ballet Friday, June 20, 2008
* "Repertory Week", New York City Ballet, Spring Season, 2008 repertory, week 8
External links
* [http://www.nycballet.com NYCB website]
* [http://www.balanchine.com George Balanchine Trust website]
* [http://www.balanchine.org George Balanchine Foundation website]
* [http://www.villagevoice.com/dance/0807,jowitt,79079,14.html review by Deborah Jowitt in the Village Voice, February 5th, 2008]
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