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Winter's Eve

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Winter's Eve

Choreography by Kenneth MacMillan
Music by Benjamin Britten (Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge)
Libretto after a theme by Carson McCullers
Scenery and Costumes by Nicholas Georgiadis

World Premiere

January 16, 1957
Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos
Lisbon, Portugal

Cast:
Nora Kaye (Blind Girl)
John Kriza (Young Man)
Ray Barra
Enrique Martinez

United States Premiere

February 10, 1957
Metropolitan Opera House
New York, New York

Cast:
Nora Kaye (Blind Girl)
John Kriza (Young Man)
Ray Barra
Enrique Martinez