List of Monumentum pro Gesualdo casts

This is a list of casts of New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine's 1960 Monumentum pro Gesualdo, made to Igor Stravinsky's eponymous music composed in honor of the 400th birthday of Don Carlo Gesualdo and consisting of Stravinsky's orchestrations of Don Carlo's madrigals. The premiere took place on November 16, 1960 at City Center of Music and Drama, New York.

Original

six women

six men

NYCB revivals

Winter 2009

first cast

second cast

2010 Fall

Sunday, October 3

Notes

  1. Jacques d'Amboise, for whom the male role was created, was unable to dance the premiere.

See also

References

  • Playbill, New York City Ballet, Tuesday, April 30, 2008

  • Repertory Week, New York City Ballet, Winter Season, 2009 repertory, week 4

External links

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