World Premiere
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
October 16, 1942
Metropolitan Opera House
New York, New York
Cast:
Agnes De Mille (Cowgirl)
Frederic Franklin (Champion Roper)
Casimir Kokitch (Head Wrangler)
Milada Mladova (Ranch Owner’s Daughter)
Eleanora Marra, Dorothy Etheridge, Ruth Riekman
ABT Premiere
August 14, 1950
Hessisches Staatstheater
Wiesbaden, Germany
Cast:
Allyn McLerie (Cowgirl)
John Kriza (Champion Roper)
James Mitchell (Head Wrangler)
Charlyne Baker (Ranch Owner’s Daughter)
Ruth Ann Koesun, Paula Lloyd, Dorothy Scott (Her Eastern Friends from Kansas City)