Kurt Weill "SEVEN DEADLY SINS" Lotte Lenya / New York City Ballet 1959 Playbill

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This is a rare playbill for the May 30th and 31st, 1959 performances of the NEW YORK CITY BALLET at the City Center of Music and Drama Theatre in New York City ..... Among the works presented was the KURT WEILL and BERTOLT BRECHT ballet "THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS" featuring Weill's widow LOTTE LENYA in the singing role and ALLEGRA KENT as the dancer. Additional works included "GAGAKU" featuring the Musicians and Dancers of the Japanese Imperial Household,
Tschaikovsky's "ALLEGRO BRILLANTE", Tschaikovsky's "SWAN LAKE", Igor Stravinsky's "FIREBIRD", Morton Gould and Jerome Robbins' "INTERPLAY", Igor Stravinsky's "THE CAGE", Georges Bizet's "SYMPHONY IN C", Felix Mendelssohn's "SCOTCH SYMPHONY" and Vittorio Rieti's "NATIVE DANCERS" ..... Members of The New York City Ballet included JACQUES d' AMBOISE, MELISSA HAYDEN, DELLA PETERS, SUSAN PILLERSDORF, SHAUN O'BRIEN, VIOLETTE VERDY, DIANA ADAMS, BARBARA WALCZAK, ROY TOBIAS, ROBERT LINDGREN, NICHOLAS MAGALLANES, PATRICIA WILDE, FRANCISCO MONCION, UNA KAI, DOROTHY SCOTT, SONJA TYVEN, EUGENE TANNER, ARTHUR MITCHELL, EDWARD VILLELLA, JONATHAN WATTS and PAUL SAVOR ..... CREDITS: Guest Artists: MARTHA GRAHAM and LOTTE LENYA; Principal Conductor: ROBERT IRVING; Ballet Mistress: JANET REED; Dances Choreographed by GEORGE BALANCHINE, JEROME ROBBINS and BIRGIT CULLBERG; Sets and Costumes designed by ROUBEN TER-ARUTUNIAN, HORACE ARMISTEAD, DAVID FFOLKES, PETER LARKIN, DAVID HAYS, IRENE SHARAFF and CECIL BEATON; Produced by THE CITY CENTER OF MUSIC AND DRAMA ..... DETAILS: The 40 page playbill measures 6 1/2" X 9" inches and includes full production credits, list of performers, scenes, program notes for each of the ballets and bios of each of the leading dancers, but no cast photos ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light edge wear, this playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or dance historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.