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unusual facts about Opera ballet



De Lafontaine

Together with Jean-Baptiste Lully and others, De Lafontaine contributed to the development of Opera ballet.


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Alfina Nasyrova

Alfina Nasyrova (born 11 June 1988) is a Kazaki beauty queen who won the national pageant Miss Kazakhstan in 2007 held at the Abai State Kazakh National Opera & Ballet Theatre in Almaty.

Chicago Ballet

Ruth Page became the leading force of ballet in Chicago, establishing many Chicago companies with various names: Chicago Grand Opera Company, Ravinia Opera Festival, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Opera Ballet, Ruth Page's International Ballet and Chicago Ballet, with Ben Stevenson and Larry Long as Co-Artistic directors in 1974.

Espen Giljane

He is now part of the administration of Den Norske Opera & Ballet, which consists of Tom Remlov, administrative director, Paul Curran, the head of opera, and John Fiore, the head of music.

Girard de Beaulieu

He was associated with the Académie de Baïf, one of whom's aristocratic poets, Nicolas Filleul de La Chesnaye, the king's almoner was to provide the lyrics for the ballet Circé in the first French opera-ballet, the Balet Comique de la Royne of 1581, to which Beaulieu and Jacques Salmon provided the music.

Glossary of ballet

Two famous examples are the Grand Pas created by Marius Petipa in 1881 for his revival of Joseph Mazilier's ballet Paquita, known today as the Paquita Grand Pas Classique, and the one just called Grand pas classique, choreographed by Victor Gsovsky with music by Daniel Auber, derived from the opera-ballet Le Dieu et La Bayadere.

Louisville Chorus

The Louisville Chorus, established 1939 in Louisville, Kentucky, is the longest-thriving most frequently performing choral arts agency in Kentuckiana and neighboring states—also exceeding the longevity of opera, ballet, and theatre in the area.

Lucile Grahn

She had been appearing with the Paris 'Opera' Ballet; from 1839 to 1845, extending her audience base, Grahn danced in several cities, including London, St. Petersburg, and Milan.

Maggi Sietsma

Choreographer and solo dancer in the Theatre du Chene Noir (France), Senior Artist in the Avignon Opera Ballet (France), Guest Artist in the Queensland Ballet, Danced in The Australian Ballet, Soloist with the London Festival Ballet (now the English National Ballet),

Ming Cho Lee

He has also designed sets for opera, ballet, and regional theatres such as Arena Stage, the Mark Taper Forum, and the Guthrie Theater.

Norwegian National Opera and Ballet

Tom Remlov is General Managing Director, and there are directors for opera, ballet and music.

Ohad Naharin

Naharin's works have been commissioned by the Frankfurt Ballet, Opéra National de Paris, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Sydney Dance Company, Lyon Opera Ballet, Les Grand Ballets Canadiens, Rambert Dance Company, Compañia Nacional de Danza, Cullberg Ballet, Finnish National Ballet, Ballet Gulbenkian, Balet da Cidade de São Paulo, Bavarian State Ballet, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.

Philippe Decouflé

He has worked for the Lyon Opera Ballet, and choreographed the music video for New Order's "True Faith" and Fine Young Cannibals' "She Drives Me Crazy".

Staatstheater Darmstadt

The Staatstheater Darmstadt (Darmstadt State Theatre) is a theatre company and building in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany, presenting opera, ballet, plays and concerts.

Violante Doria

She was married to the bass singer Girard de Beaulieu, better known under the incorrect name "Girard de Beaulieu" as the composer of the music for the opera-ballet Circe in 1581, at the court of Henri III.

Zoroastre

Zoroastres premiere in 1749 was not a success; despite the magnificence of the staging, it failed to compete with Mondonville's new opéra-ballet Le carnaval du Parnasse.