 Music by Jacques Offenbach, orchestrated by Manuel Rosenthal Choreography by Leonide Massine Staged by Lorca Massine, assisted by Susanna della Pietra Libretto by Comte Etienne de Beaumont Scenery by Zack Brown Costumes by Christian Lacroix Lighting by Steven Shelley World Premiere: Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Theatre de Monte Carlo, Monaco, 4/5/38 Original Cast: Nina Tarakanova (Glove Seller), Eugenia Delarova (Flower Girl), Jeannette Lauret (La Lionne), Leonide Massine (Peruvian), Frederic Franklin (Baron), Igor Youskevitch (Officer) ABT Premiere: Popejoy Hall, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1/12/70 Scenery, costumes, libretto by Comte Etienne de Beaumont Lighting by Gilbert V. Hemsley, Jr. Cast: Toni Lander (Glove Seller), Roni Mahler (Flower Girl), Betsy Erickson (La Lionne), Michael Smuin (Peruvian), Royes Fernandez (The Baron), Han Ebbelaar (The Officer), Dennis Nahat (Tortoni) |