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358. JEWELS



Music: EMERALDS: By Gabriel Fauré (from Pelléas et Melisande, 1898, and Shylock, 1889). RUBIES: By Igor Stravinsky (Capriccio for piano and orchestra, 1929). DIAMONDS: By Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (from Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 29, 1875 [first movement omitted]).

Choreography: By George Balanchine.

Production: Scenery by Peter Harvey, executed by Feller Scenery Studios. Costumes by Karinska. Lighting by Ronald Bates.

Premiere: April 13, 1967, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater. Conductor: Robert Irving. Pianist: Gordon Boelzner.

Cast: EMERALDS: Violette Verdy, Conrad Ludlow; Mimi Paul, Francisco Moncion; Sara Leland, Suki Schorer, John Prinz; 10 women. RUBIES: Patricia McBride, Edward Villella; Patricia Neary; 8 women, 4 men. DIAMONDS: Suzanne Farrell, Jacques d'Amboise; 4 demi-solo couples; 12 women, 12 men.

Note: Each section is a separate work, the costumes green for EMERALDS, red for RUBIES, white for DIAMONDS. The ballet lasts a full evening.

Revisions: 1976, New York City Ballet: EMERALDS extended by new pas de deux (to additional music from Shylock) and new pas de sept (to additional music from Pelléas et Melisande); opening of first pas de deux rechoreographed; second ballerina variation altered.

Film: 1968, Direct Cinema Ltd., Man Who Dances: Edward Villella (excerpts from RUBIES).

Video/DVD: 1980, Direct Cinema Ltd., Man Who Dances: Edward Villella (excerpts from RUBIES); 1996, Nonesuch, The Balanchine Library: Choreography by Balanchine (excerpts from EMERALDS, DIAMONDS pas de deux [1977]); 2004, Kultur, Balanchine (DIAMONDS pas de deux); 2005, Films du Prieuré, Violette et Mr. B (excerpts from EMERALDS); 2006, BBC/Opus Arte (complete [2005]).

Archival Video:George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters Archive (EMERALDS, first pas de deux, first ballerina solo), forthcoming.

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1974   Paris Opera Ballet

1977   Dutch National Ballet

1980   Zurich Ballet (Ballett des Opernhauses Zurich)

1980   Les Grands Ballets Canadiens

1981   Chicago City Ballet (Closed)

1982   Ballett der Deutschen Staatsoper (East Berlin)

1982   Los Angeles Ballet

1985   Ballet de l'Opera du Rhin (Strasbourg, France)

1985   Royal Danish Ballet

1986   Ballet de l'Opera du Rhin (Strasbourg, France)

1986   Boston Ballet

1986   Pennsylvania Ballet

1986   Dutch National Ballet

1987   Ballet of Flanders/Koninklijk Ballet Van Vlaanderen/Royal Flemish Ballet

1987   The Chautauqua Institution (New York)

1987   San Francisco Ballet

1987   Texas Ballet (formerly Fort Worth Dallas Ballet)

1988   Ballet du Nord (France)

1988   Boston Ballet

1988   Danish Ballet

1988   PACT Ballet (Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal—Johannesburg, South Africa)

1988   Pacific Northwest Ballet

1989   Louisville Ballet

1989   Royal Ballet

1990   Ballet de San Juan

1990   Ballet du Nord (France)

1990   Ballett der Deutschen Staatsoper (Berlin)

1990   Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo

1990   PACT Ballet (Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal—Johannesburg, South Africa)

1990   Paris Opera Ballet

1991   Ballet Chicago

1991   Pacific Northwest Ballet

1991   San Francisco Ballet

1991   Texas Ballet (formerly Fort Worth Dallas Ballet)

1992   Miami City Ballet

1992   Ballett der Deutschen Oper (Berlin)

1992   Pennsylvania Ballet

1992   Miami City Ballet

1993   Ballet du Nord (France)

1993   Finnish National Ballet

1993   Sacramento Ballet

1994   Miami City Ballet

1994   PACT Ballet (Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal—Johannesburg, South Africa)

1994   Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

1994   Sarasota Ballet of Flordia;

1994   Teatro alla Scala (Milan)

1994   Texas Ballet (formerly Fort Worth Dallas Ballet)

1994   Louisville Ballet

1995   American Repertory Ballet

1995   Kansas City Ballet

1995   Pacific Northwest Ballet

1995   Miami City Ballet

1996   Asami Maki Ballet (Japan)

1996   Colorado Ballet

1996   Miami City Ballet

1996   North Carolina Dance Theatre

1996   Paris Opera Ballet

1996   Pennsylvania Ballet

1996   Texas Ballet (formerly Fort Worth Dallas Ballet)

1996   Cincinnati Ballet

1997   Miami City Ballet

1997   Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

1997   Ballet Arizona

1997   Milwaukee Ballet

1997   Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

1997   San Francisco Ballet

1997   Dutch National Ballet

1997   Miami City Ballet

1997   Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

1997   Texas Ballet (formerly Fort Worth Dallas Ballet)

1998   Texas Ballet (formerly Fort Worth Dallas Ballet)

1998   Alberta Ballet

1998   Hartford Ballet

1998   PACT Ballet (Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal—Johannesburg, South Africa)

1998   San Diego Ballet

1998   Singapore Dance Theatre

1998   Texas Ballet (formerly Fort Worth Dallas Ballet)

1999   Ballet Austin

1999   Carolina Ballet

1999   Cincinnati Ballet

1999   Paris Opera Ballet

1999   Pennsylvania Ballet

1999   Royal Danish Ballet

1999   Sacramento Ballet

1999   Kirov Ballet

2000   Paris Opera Ballet

2000   Dutch National Ballet

2000   Paris Opera Ballet

2000   Royal Winnipeg Ballet

2000   National Ballet of Canada

2000   Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

2001   Ballet National de Marseille

2001   Ballet NY

2002   San Francisco Ballet

2002   Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse

2002   San Francisco Ballet

2002   Texas Ballet (formerly Fort Worth Dallas Ballet)

2002   San Francisco Ballet

2002   The Kirov Ballet (performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts)

2002   The Kirov Ballet (performed at The Metropolitan Opera Association)

2002   Paris Opera Ballet

2002   San Francisco Ballet

2003   Milwaukee Ballet

2003   Oregon Ballet Theatre

2003   Washington Ballet

2003   Zurich Ballet (Ballett des Opernhauses Zurich)

2003   BalletMet (Columbus, Ohio)

2003   Cincinnati Ballet

2003   National Ballet of Canada

2003   Paris Opera Ballet

2004   Boston Ballet (Rubies)

2004   Capetown City Ballet (Rubies)

2004   Colorado Ballet

2004   Finnish National Ballet (Rubies)

2004   Louisville Ballet (Rubies)

2004   Paris Opera Ballet

2004   Sacramento Ballet (Rubies)

2004   Teatro alla Scala (Rubies)

2005   Teatro Colon (Rubies)

2005   Pacific Northwest Ballet (Diamonds)

2005   Suzanne Farrell Ballet (Rubies)

2005   Scottish Ballet (Rubies)

2006   Alberta Ballet (Rubies)

2006   Chamberlain Ballet (Diamonds)

2006   City Ballet of San Diego (Rubies)

2006   Hamburg Ballet

2006   Dutch National Ballet

2006   Kirov Ballet

2006   San Francisco Ballet

2006   Pacific Northwest Ballet

2007   Ballet Arizona (Rubies)

2007   Festival Ballet (Rubies)

2007   Los Angeles Ballet (Rubies)

2007   Paris Opera Ballet

2007   Royal Ballet

2008   Hong Kong Ballet (Rubies)

2008   Nevada Ballet Theatre (Rubies)

2008   Suzanne Farrell Ballet (Diamonds)

2008   Charleston Ballet Theatre (Rubies)

2008   Hong Kong Ballet (Rubies)

2008   National Ballet of Canada (Rubies)

2008   Nevada Ballet Theatre (Rubies)

2008   Los Angeles Ballet (Rubies)

2008   Paris Opera Ballet

2008   Royal Ballet

2008   Hong Kong Ballet (Rubies)

2008   Nevada Ballet Theatre (Rubies)

2009   Boston Ballet (Emeralds, Diamonds)

2009   Oregon Ballet Theatre (Emeralds)

2009   Ballet Chicago (Rubies)

2009   City Ballet of San Diego (Rubies)

2009   Washington Ballet (Rubies)

2009   Dresden SemperOper Ballet (Rubies)

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