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Cruel World

Choreography by James Kudelka
Music by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet (or String Orchestra), Op.70)
Costumes by Carmen Alie and Denis Lavoie
Lighting by Principal Dancer Scott Zielinski

World Premiere

April 29, 1994
Metropolitan Opera House
New York, New York

Cast:
Gabrielle Brown, Sandra Brown, Christine Dunham, Paloma Herrera, Susan Jaffe, Julie Kent, Amanda McKerrow, Sara Mau, Marianna Tcherkassky, Charles Askegard, Gil Boggs, Ethan Brown, Guillaume Graffin, Robert Hill, Christopher Martin, Benjamin Pierce, Keith Roberts, John Selya