Les Sylphides – Apollon Musagète

Les Sylphides – Apollon Musagète (1966) was a ballet production by The Norwegian National Opera. The production was performed on The Norwegian National Opera’s main stage in Folketeateret, and comprised 2 ballets:

Les Sylphides, choreographed by Michel Fokine to music by Frédéric Chopin.

Apollon Musagètechoreography by George Balanchine, music by Igor Stravinsky. (This work was re-premiered in 1967 (when it was  performed together with Maurice Ravel’s opera L’heure espagnole and Act III of Napolichoreography by August Bournonville, music by Niels Wilhelm Gade and Edgar Helstad), and in 1973.

Les Sylphides – Apollon Musagète was performed together with Act III of Napolichoreography by August Bournonville, music by Niels Wilhelm Gade and Edgar Helstad, in 1968.

Apollon Musagète was performed in Dortmund and Bergentogether with Act II of Swan Lake and Act III of Napoli in 1967. 

Les Sylphides and Apollon Musagète were performed together with Symphony in C in Lübeck in 1968

Information

(Objekt ID 68481)
Object type Production
Premiere October 7, 1966
Produced by The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet
Based on Apollon Musagète by George Balanchine, Igor Stravinskij; Les Sylphides by Michel Fokine, Frédéric François Chopin
Audience Adults
Keywords Ballet
Running period October 7, 1966  
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SOURCES:

Terje Boye-Hansen, e-mail, 16.05.2022

Anne-Margrethe Skari’s private archive. Donated by Anne-Margrethe Skari, 17.11.2021

Valdemar Hansteen: Historien om norsk ballett ("A history of Norwegian Ballet"), Universitetsforlaget 1989

Repertoire archive, The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, 18.05.2018.

Contributors (15)
Name Role
George Balanchine – Choreography (Apollon Musagete)
Michel Fokine – Choreography (Sylfidene)
Arnulf Hegstad – Musical direction (1968)
Zdenko Peharda – Musical direction (1966)
Frédéric François Chopin – Music (Sylfidene)
Igor Stravinskij – Music (Apollon Musagete)
Thor Sutowski – Stage design (Apollon Musagete)
Kae Tang – Stage design (Sylfidene)
Barbara Karinska – Costume design (Apollon Musagete)
Anne Borg – Dancer (Polyhymina i Apollon Musagete)
Ellen Kjellberg – Dancer (Muse i Apollon Musagete)
Bjørg Pahle – Dancer (Polyhymina i Apollon Musagete)
Bjørg Pahle – Dancer (Muse i Apollon Musagete)
Hanne Skram – Dancer (Muse i Apollon Musagete)
Thor Sutowski – Dancer (Apollon i Apollon Musagete)
Performance dates
February 29, 1968Hovedscenen i Folketeaterbygningen Season premiere/Seasonal opening
1968Theater Lübeck visiting performance
1967Opernhaus Dortmund, Tyskland visiting performance
1967Store Scene, The National Stage visiting performance
October 7, 1966Hovedscenen i Folketeaterbygningen Opening night