World Premiere
(under the title La Bien-Aimee)
Ida Rubinstein Ballet
November 22, 1928
Theatre National de l’Opera
Paris, France
Cast:
Ida Rubinstein
Anatole Vilzak
ABT Premiere
October 24, 1941
Palacio de Bellas Artes
Mexico City, Mexico
Cast:
Alicia Markova (The Beloved)
Anton Dolin (The Musician)
Lucia Chase, Sono Osato (Grisettes)
Yurek Lazowsky, Dimitri Romanoff (Students)
Jeanette Lauret (The Lioness)
George Skibine (Evil)