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Rhapsody

pas de deux

Choreography by Frederick Ashton
Music by Sergei Rachmaninoff (“Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini")
Costumes by William Chappell
Lighting by Brad Fields

World Premiere

The Royal Ballet
August 4, 1980
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
London, England

Cast:
Lesley Collier
Mikhail Baryshnikov

ABT Premiere

(pas de deux)

October 25, 2025
The David H. Koch Theater
New York, New York

Cast:
Léa Fleytoux
Herman Cornejo