Don Quixote (ballet)

•  The Nutcracker

  The Nutcracker, a two-act ballet by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, is perhaps the composer's best-loved work. Tchaikovsky's adaptation of the story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by E. T. A. Hoffmann was commissioned by the director of the Imperial Theatres Ivan Vsevolozhsky in 1891. The original production was staged by Marius Petipa on December 18, 1892, premiering on a double-bill with a now semi-forgotten Tchaikovsky opera, Iolanta.

  

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•  Song of Norway

  Song of Norway is an operetta written in 1944 by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Edvard Grieg and the book by Milton Lazarus. A very loose film adaptation with major changes to both the book and music was released in 1970.

  

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•  Coppélia

  Coppélia is a sentimental comic ballet with original choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon to a ballet libretto by Saint-Léon and Charles Nuitter and music by Léo Delibes. It was based upon two macabre stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, Der Sandmann (The Sandman), and Die Puppe (The Doll). The ballet premiered on 25 May 1870 at the Théâtre Impérial de l´Opéra, with Giuseppina Bozzacchi in the principal role of Swanhilde.

  

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•  The Firebird

  The Firebird is a 1910 ballet by Igor Stravinsky and choreographed by Michel Fokine. The ballet is based on Russian folk tales of the magical glowing bird of the same name that is both a blessing and a curse to its captor. The music was premiered as a ballet by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Paris on 25 June 1910 conducted by Gabriel Pierné. It was the first of their productions with music specially composed for them.

  

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•  L'enfant et les sortilèges

  L'enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties is an opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Colette. It is the second Ravel opera, the first being L'heure espagnole. Written from 1917 to 1925, the opera was first performed in Monte Carlo in 1925 under the baton of Victor de Sabata. After being offered the opportunity to write a musical work, Colette wrote the text in eight days.

  

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•  La Source

  La Source may refer to: La Source (album), a 2007 album by Nâdiya La source (Saint-Léon), an 1866 ballet with music by La source (Balanchine), an 1986 ballet by George Balanchine to music of Delibes La source (song), a 1968 Eurovision song The Source (retailer), a Canadian electronics retailer École élémentaire La Source, elementary school in Barrie, Ontario

  

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•  The Seven Deadly Sins

  The Seven Deadly Sins is a satirical ballet chanté ("sung ballet") in seven scenes (nine movements) composed by Kurt Weill to a German libretto by Bertolt Brecht in 1933 under a commission from Boris Kochno and Edward James. It was translated into English by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman. This would be the last major collaboration between Weill and Brecht.

  

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•  Le Baiser de la fée

  

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•  Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

  Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is a ballet with music by Richard Rodgers and choreography by George Balanchine. It occurs near the end of Rodgers and Hart's 1936 Broadway musical comedy On Your Toes. Slaughter is the story of a hoofer who falls in love with a dance hall girl who is then shot and killed by her jealous boyfriend. The hoofer then shoots the boyfriend.

  

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•  Western Symphony

  Western Symphony is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to music arranged by Hershy Kay. The premiere, September 7, 1954, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, was conducted by Leon Barzin and presented in practice clothes without scenery. Scenery by John Boyd and costumes by Karinska were added in 1955. Lighting was originally by Jean Rosenthal and subsequently Mark Stanley.

  

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•  The Mummy's Ghost

  The Mummy's Ghost is the 1944 Universal Pictures sequel to The Mummy's Tomb. Lon Chaney, Jr. again takes on the role of Kharis the mummy.

  

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•  Banca Intesa

  Banca Intesa S.p.A. is a major Italian bank based in Milan. It was formed in 1998 from the merger of Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde (aka Cariplo) and Banco Ambroveneto. In 1999 Banca Commerciale italiana entered the group, which pursuant to the merger in 2001 changed its name in IntesaBCi; in December 2002 the assembly decided for the current denomination taking effect from 1 January 2003. Banca Intesa S.p.A. focuses in four main business areas.

  

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•  Weston's Music Hall

  Weston's Music Hall was a music hall and theatre that opened on 16 November 1857 at 242-5 High Holborn. In 1906, the theatre became known as the Holborn Empire.

  

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•  Mikheil Meskhi

  Mikheil Shalvovich Meskhi was a Georgian footballer. Nicknamed the "Georgian Garrincha" for his dazzling wing play, Meskhi was a creative force on the left flank for the Soviet Union. During his career he played for Dynamo Tbilisi (1954-1969) and Lokomotiv Tbilisi (1970). He earned 35 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in the 1962 World Cup. He also appeared on the Soviet squad for the first ever European Nations' Cup in 1960, which the Soviets won.

  

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•  Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge

  

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