World Premiere

(for new production of Esmeralda)
Leningrad-Kirov Ballet
April 3, 1935
Kirov Theatre of Opera and Ballet
Leningrad, Russua

Cast:
Galina Ulanova
Vakhtang Chabukiani

United States Premiere

Bolshoi Ballet
September 20, 1962
Metropolitan Opera House
New York, New York

Cast:
Nina Sorokina
Mikhail Lavrovsky

World Premiere

(Nureyev’s staging – taping for TV)

July 10, 1963
NBC Color Studios
Brooklyn, New York

Cast:
Svetlana Beriosova
Rudolf Nureyev

ABT Premiere

July 3, 1973
New York State Theater
New York, New York

Cast:
Eleanor D’Antuono
Ted Kivitt