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Sphinx

Choreography by Glen Tetley
Music by Bohuslav Martinu (Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani)
Libretto by based on Jean Cocteau's La Machine Infernale
Scenery by Rouben Ter-Arutunian
Costumes by Willa Kim
Lighting by Jennifer Tipton

World Premiere

December 9, 1977
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, D.C.

Cast:
Martine van Hamel
Clark Tippet
Kirk Peterson

New York Premiere

April 26, 1978
Metropolitan Opera House
New York, New York

Cast:
Martine van Hamel
John Meehan
Kirk Peterson