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The Tiller in the Fields

Choreography by Antony Tudor
Music by Antonín Dvořák (Symphonies #2 and #6 (excerpts) and the overture In dem Natur)
Scenery by Ming Cho Lee
Costumes by Dunya Ramicova
Fabrics by Richard Zellens
Lighting by Thomas Skelton

World Premiere

December 13, 1978
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, D.C.

Cast:
Gelsey Kirkland
Patrick Bissell

New York Premiere

May 5, 1979
Metropolitan Opera House
New York, New York

Cast:
Gelsey Kirkland
Patrick Bissell