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Blood Wedding

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Blood Wedding

Choreography by Alfred Rodrigues
Music by Denis Aplvor
Libretto by Alfred Rodrigues, Denis Aplvor, and Based on Federico Garcia Lorca's play Bodas de Sangre

World Premiere

Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet
June 5, 1953
Sadler’s Wells Theatre
London, England

Cast:
Elaine Fifield
Primin Trecu
Margaret Hill
David Poole
Doreen Tempest
Kenneth MacMillan
Sheilah O’Reilly

ABT Premiere

Ballet Theatre Previews
May 6, 1957
Phoenix Theatre
New York, New York

Cast:
Nora Kaye (Bride)
Erik Bruhn (Bridegroom)
Lucia Chase (His Mother)
John Kriza (Leonardo)
Nadine Revene (Leonardo’s Wife)
Scott Douglas (The Moon)
Jillana Williams (Death)