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Moonlight Sonata

Choreography by Leonide Massine
Music by Ludwig Van Beethoven (Piano Sonata in C Sharp Minor, op. 27, No.2)
Music Arranged by Antal Dorati
Scenery and Costumes by Serge Soudeikine

World Premiere

November 27, 1944
Civic Opera House
Chicago, Illinois

Cast:
Tamara Toumanova (Young Girl)
Leonide Massine (Poet)
Albia Kavan (Cupid)
Richard Reed (The Dark Lover)