Project Gutenberg on Nostr: #OTD in 1910. Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing ...
#OTD in 1910.
Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Michel Fokine, who collaborated with Alexandre Benois and others on a scenario based on the Russian fairy tales of the Firebird and the blessing and curse it possesses for its owner.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Firebird
#art #theatre #ballet #music
Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Michel Fokine, who collaborated with Alexandre Benois and others on a scenario based on the Russian fairy tales of the Firebird and the blessing and curse it possesses for its owner.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Firebird
#art #theatre #ballet #music