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164. SERENATA: 'MAGIC'

Music: By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Choreography: By George Balanchine.

Production: Scenery and costumes by Pavel Tchelitchew.

Premiere: February 14, 1936, Avery Memorial Theater, Hartford, Connecticut. Conductor: Alexander Smallens.

Cast: The Lady, Felia Doubrovska; The Boy, Lew Christensen; 5 Girls.

Note: Performed once at the Hartford Festival. The music was an unidentified Mozart composition for eight instruments; the subtitle 'Magic' referred to illusionistic devices used in the décor.

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Music information provided by Balanchine; date verified in Balanchine-Kirstein-A. Everett Austin correspondence, Wadsworth Atheneum, through the assistance of Jill Silverman; additional information provided by Kirstein.