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The R E C O R D S H O P Phil Hart, Mgr. presents
The BALLET RUSSE de Monte Carlo
I N THE P O R T L A N D AUDITORIUM Friday, November 17th, 1944 AT 8:30 P. M.
P R O G R A M
SCHEHERAZADE
A Choreographic Drama in One Act by Leon Bakst
Music by N i k o l a i Rimsky-Korsakov Choreography by Miche l Fokine
Scenery and Costumes by Leon Bakst Costumes executed by Madame Karinska
Based on the first tale in the book of " T h e T h o u s a n d and O n e N i g h t s , " th is , the most voluptuous of a l l the ballets of the D i a g h i l e i f era , was first presented at the T h e a t r e N a t i o n a l e de l ' O p e r a , P a r i s , June 4 t h , 1910.
T h e curtain rises on the Palace of S h a r i a r , K i n g of I n d i a and C h i n a . H i s brother. S h a h Z e m a n , tells h i m of his suspicions about the infidelity of his wives , and especial ly of his favorite, Z o b e i d e ; and suggests, to test them, they both feign to leave for a hunt ing expedition. N o sooner nave they departed than the wives bribe the C h i e f E u n u c h , custodian of the harem, to open the doors leading to the negroes' quarters. T h e y appear and jo in the sultanas . E n t e r s , at last, Zobeide . w h o compels the E u n u c h to open the last door, from w h i c h darts a handsome N e g r o , in go ld , a i l pent-up passion. A n orgy fol lows, wi th food and wine and passionate dances, at the c l imax of w h i c h Shariar appears, and at a sign from h i m both slaves and sultanas are massacred. Dis turbed about Zobeide , w h o m he deeply
; loves, S h a r i a r w o u l d let her live d id he not prize honor more. . But Zobeide snatches a dagger and stabs herself ; f a l l i n g dead at the feet of her grieving master.
Zobeide Miss Mar ia T A L L C H I E F The Favorite Slave M r . Yurek L A Z O W S K I Shah Shariar M r . Peter D E I G N Shah Zeman, H i s Brother M r . Leon D A N I E L I A N The Chief Eunuch M r . Michael K A T C H A R O F F Odalisques Misses M O Y L A N , H O R A T H , G O D D A R D The Sultan's Wives Misses Riekman, Svobodina, Brown , W h i t e ,
Razoumova, Clark, Lanese, Seaver Olmei Misses Boris, Etheridge, Chouteau, Cardone,
Pasch, Weaver, Serova Adolescents M M . Goudovitch, Corvino, Shook, Banks Slaves M M . Magallanes, Bliss, Ivanov, T a l i n , Verdak, Johnson
Tamburine's Dancers, Eunuchs, Soldiers, etc.
Conductor: Emanuel B A L A B A N
V i o l i n Solo: Earle H U M M E L
I N T E R M I S S I O N
DANSES CONCERTANTES (Dance Concerto)
Music by Igor Stravinsky Choreography by George Balanchine Costumes and scenery by Eugene Berman
Scenery executed by E. B. Dunke l Studios Costumes executed by Karinska, Inc. T h i s ballet is w i t h o u t story. Stravinsky wrote " D a n s e s C o n c e r t a n t e s " in 1942
in ballet form but this is the first time the score is being used for its o r i g i n a l purpose. T h e m u s i c , in tradit ional ballet form, is in five movements ; M a r c h e - I n t r o d u c -ton, Pas d ' A c t i o n , T h e m e V a r i e , Pas de D e u x , M a r c h e - C o n c i u s i o n .
Alexandra D A N I L O V A — Frederic F R A N K L I N
I . Var iat ion Gertrude S V O B O D I N A , N i k i t a T A L I N , Nora W h i t e
I I . Var ia t i on Ruthanna BORIS, Alexander G O U D O V I T C H , Dorothy E T H E R I D G E
I I I . Var iat ion L i l l i a n LANESE, Herbert BLISS, Pauline G O D D A R D
I V . Var iat ion Mar ia T A L L C H I E F , Nicholas M A G A L L A N E S , Mary Ellen M O Y L A N
Pas de Deux Alexandra D A N I L O V A , Frederic F R A N K L I N
Finale
Alexandra D A N I L O V A , Frederic F R A N K L I N and entire ensemble
Conductor: Emanuel B A L A B A N
I N T E R M I S S I O N
I I I .
THE BLUEBIRD Music by P. I . Tschaikowsky
. . ' M i l e . Nathal ie KRASSOVSKA and M . Leon D A N I E L I A N Conductor: Emanuel B A L A B A N
N O I N T E R M I S S I O N
F u t u r e C e l e b r i t y C O N C E R T S Egon PETRI Monday , Jan. 22
Egon Petri, famed master of the keyboard; colleague of the great Busoni, and one of the leading piano virtuosi of today.
M i l i z a KORJUS Wednesday, Jan. 3 J Mil iza Korjus, glamorous star of 'The Great Walfz ." Portland is eagerly a w a i t i n g the first concert appearance of "Gorgeous Korjus."
Bronis law HUBERMAN Monday , Feb. 12 Bronislaw Huberman, one of the great violinists of this or any generation in a program w i t h ful l SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, featuring the Beethoven Concerto.
Conrad T H I B A U L T Saturday, March 10 Conrad Thibault , young American baritone who has fol lowed his great radio success w i t h a concert career that has made h im one of the most distinguished singers of the day.
BALLET MUSIC on records Much of the music featured on the programs of the B A L L E T R U S S E is avai lable on records. War-time production restrictions make it difficult to list records actual ly in stock, but w e offer here some suggestions of music which is frequently avai lable in our stock of Fine Recorded Music . . .
GAITE PARISIENNE (Offenbach-Rosenthal) 2.50 SCHEHERAZADE (Rimsky-Korsakoff) 5.50 LES SYLPHIDES (Chopin) 3.50 SERENADE (Tchaikovsky) 3.50 NUTCRACKER SUITE (Tchaikovsky) 3.50 S W A N LAKE (Tchaikovsky) 4.50 PRINCE IGOR (Borodin) 2.50 LA BEAU DANUBE (Johann Strauss) 3.50
SEVENTH SYMPHONY (Beethoven) 5.50 FIREBIRD (Stravinsky) 3.50 PETROUCHKA (Stravinsky) 4.50 LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS (Stravinsky) 4.50 BOLERO (Ravel) 2.50 CAPPRICCIO ESPAGNOLE (Rimsky-Korsakoff) 2.50 ROUGE ET NOIR (Skostakovitch First Symphony) . . 4.50 CONCERTO i n E minor (Chopin) 4.50
THE RECORD SHOP, 808 S. W. Alder at Park, Portland 5, Oregon
I I I .
RODEO or T H E C O U R T I N G A T B U R N T R A N C H
Ballet by Agnes de M i l l e
Scenery by Ol iver Smith
Music by Aaron Copland Costumes by K e r m i t Love
Costumes executed by Karinska, Inc. Scenery executed by E. B. D u n k e l Studios
T h r o u g h o u t the A m e r i c a n Southwest , the Saturday afternoon rodeo is a t r a d i t ion . O n the remote ranches , as w e l l as in the trading centers and the towns, the " h a n d s " get together to s h o w off their s k i l l in roping , r i d i n g , b r a n d i n g a n d throwi n g . Of ten , on the more isolated ranches , the rodeo is done for an audience that consists only of a h a n d f u l of f e l low-workers , womenfolk , and those nearest neighbors w h o can make the eighty or so m i l e - r u n over.
T h e afternoon's exhibit ion is u s u a l l y fo l lowed by a Saturday night dance at the R a n c h H o u s e .
T h e theme of the bal let is basic . I t deals w i t h the problems that has confronted every A m e r i c a n w o m a n , from earliest pioneer times, a n d w h i c h has never ceased to occupy them throughout the history of the b u i l d i n g of our country : h o w to get a suitable m a n .
T h e materia l of the ballet is redolent of our A m e r i c a n s o i l .
SCENE I R O D E O : Saturday Af ternoon : T H E C O R R A L
Inter lude : Retrospect
Caller M r . Peter D E I G N
SCENE I I
Ranch House — Saturday N i g h t Dance
The Champion Roper M r . Frederic F R A N K L I N The C o w g i r l Miss Dorothy E T H E R I D G E The Head Wrang ler M r . Nicolas M A G A L L A N E S The Rancher's Daughter Miss Ruth R I E K M A N H e r Eastern Friends f r o m Kansas C i t y . .Misses S V O B O D I N A , C H O U T E A U , G O D D A R D Cow Hands Messrs. Katcharoff , Corvino, Bliss, De ign , Verdak, Johnson, Banks, Shook W o m e n Folks Misses H o r v a t h , Clark , W h i t e , Lanese, Seaver
Conductor: E M A N U E L B A L A B A N
BALLET RUSSE DE MONTE CARLO SERGEI J . D E N H A M , Director
Jean Y A Z V I N S K Y , Regisseur General Frederic F R A N K L I N , Maitre de Ballet Yura L A Z O V S K Y , Assistant Regisseur General Jean CERRONE, Executive Assistant
STAFF C o m p a n y M a n a g e r G e o r g e F O R D Property Master James O . S I M M O N S Press Representative W i l l i a m R O D D Y W a r d r o b e Mistress M a u d D E B R A U W Master Carpenter James H . G R I F F I T H W a r d r o b e Master H e n r i B I A S E T T I E l e c t r i c i a n J o h n M U N D Y Directr ice of W a r d r o b e Sophie P O U R M E L
T h e M a n a g e m e n t strictly forbids the t a k i n g of any photographs or motion pictures inside the theatre w i t h o u t written permiss ion .
T o u r D i r e c t i o n : B A L L E T R U S S E D E M O N T E C A R L O 36 W e s t 44th Street, N E W Y O R K C I T Y
B o o k i n g Office, D A V I D L I B I D I N S , 113 W e s t 57th Street, N E W Y O R K C I T Y M a k e - u p of M i l e s . D A N I L O V A and K R A S S O V S K A by C h a r l e s of T h e R i t z
B A L L E T R U S S E D E M O N T E C A R L O S O U V E N I R P R O G R A M S , profusely i l lustrated in color a n d b lack and w h i t e , O N S A L E I N T H E L O B B Y O F T H I S T H E A T R E
