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A Month in the Country

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A Month in the Country

Ballet in One Act
Freely adapted from Ivan Turgenev's play

Choreography by Frederick Ashton
Staged by Sir Anthony Dowell and Grant Coyle
Music by Frédéric Chopin
Arranged by John Lanchbery
Scenery and Costumes by Julia Trevelyan Oman
Lighting by John B. Read

World Premiere

The Royal Ballet
February 12, 1976
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
London, England

Cast:
Lynn Seymour (Natalia Petrovna)
Anthony Dowell (Beliaev)

United States Premiere

The Royal Ballet
April 27, 1976
Metropolitan Opera House
New York, New York

Cast:
Lynn Seymour (Natalia Petrovna)
Anthony Dowell (Beliaev)

ABT Premiere

May 21, 2013
Metropolitan Opera House
New York, New York

Cast:
Julie Kent (Natalia Petrovna)
Roberto Bolle (Beliaev)