Apollo (ballet) - Other Premieres

Other Premieres

• ABT first premiered the ballet in 1943 in New York City at the Metropolitan Opera House.

• The Stravinsky score was used by Margaret Scott in creating her version of Apollon Musagete for the Ballet Guild in 1951, by Charles Lisner in his 1962 version for the Queensland Ballet, and by Robin Grove in his 1967 production for the Victorian Ballet Company.

• The Royal English Ballet premiere was on 15 November 1966, with Robert Mead as Apollo, Georgina Parkinson as Terpsichore, Monica Mason as Polyhymnia and Vyvyan Lorrayne as Calliope.

• The first performance of the Balanchine work in Australia was by the Australian Ballet on 3 May 1991, when it was staged for the company by Karin von Aroldingen, former leading artist of New York City Ballet. On opening night, Steven Heathcote danced the role of Apollo with Justine Miles as Calliope, Miranda Coney as Polyhymnia and Lisa Pavane as Terpsichore. Lighting was by William Akers. A 1997 Australian Ballet staging again saw Heathcote in the title role, with Justine Summers dancing as Terpsichore, Lucinda Dunn as Polyhymnia and Simone Goldsmith as Calliope.

• First performance by Birmingham Royal Ballet was on 24 September 2003 at the Birmingham Hippodrome.

• The New York City Ballet premiere was 15 November 1951, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York.