Las Hermanas (ballet)
Las Hermanas is a one-act ballet created by Kenneth MacMillan in 1971 for the Royal Ballet. The music is Frank Martin's Harpsichord Concerto (1952). The piece is loosely based on The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca.
The first performance was on 2 June 1971, by the Royal Ballet New Group at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London. The principal characters were danced by Gerd Larsen, Lynn Seymour and Monica Mason.[1]
Original cast
Württembergische Staatstheater Stuttgart, 13 July 1963:
- Marcia Haydée
- Birgit Keil
- Ray Barra
- Ruth Papendick
Notes
- ↑ "Las Hermanas (1971)", Royal Opera House Collections Online, retrieved 8 October 2014
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, September 16, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.