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Las Hermanas

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Las Hermanas

Choreography by Kenneth MacMillan
Music by Frank Martin (Concerto for Harpsichord and Small Orchestra)
Libretto by Based on Federico Garcia Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba
Scenery and Costumes by Nicholas Georgiadis
Lighting by Jean Rosenthal

World Premiere

Stuttgart Ballet
July 13, 1963
Wuerttemberg Staatstheater
Stuttgart, Germany

Cast:
Ruth Papendick (Mother)
Marcia Haydee (Eldest Sister)
Birgit Keil (Jealous Sister)
Ray Barra (The Man)

ABT Premiere

November 29, 1967
City Center 55 Street Theater
New York, New York

Cast:
Lucia Chase (Mother)
Lupe Serrano (Eldest Sister)
Eleanor D’Antuono (Jealous Sister)
Ellen Everett (Youngest Sister)
Naomi Sorkin, Alaine Haubert (Other Sisters)
Royes Fernandez (The Man)