Apollon Musagète
Photograph
1928 (Photographed)
1928 (Photographed)
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Photograph showing the final moment of George Balanchine's ballet Apollon Musagète, on stage at Her Majesty's Theatre, London, showing the full cast. Apollo, on top of the 'mountain' hails a chariot to take him and the muses from Olympus to Parnassus. On the left can be seen Leto, Apollo's mother (Sophie Orlova) with the two goddesses/handmaidens Henriette Maikerska and Dora Vadimova.
Apollon Musagète was first performed at the theatre Sarah Bernhardt, Paris on 12 June 1928 with a score and book by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by George Balanchine and was performed in London later that month.
This photograph appeared in the Illustrated London News p.13 on 7 July 1928 when the caption read 'The Finale of Stravinsky's new ballet, Apollo Musagetes [sic]: Apollo (M. Lifar) leading the Muses (Mmes Nikitina, Tchernicheva and Doubrovska) to Parnassus.' Thid photograph gives the best view of the set with the 'mountains' across the back - the stairs for the ascent at the end hidden behind the 'peak'. The crevice from which Apollo first emerged may be detected and the seat of rocks evident stage left.
Apollon Musagète was first performed at the theatre Sarah Bernhardt, Paris on 12 June 1928 with a score and book by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by George Balanchine and was performed in London later that month.
This photograph appeared in the Illustrated London News p.13 on 7 July 1928 when the caption read 'The Finale of Stravinsky's new ballet, Apollo Musagetes [sic]: Apollo (M. Lifar) leading the Muses (Mmes Nikitina, Tchernicheva and Doubrovska) to Parnassus.' Thid photograph gives the best view of the set with the 'mountains' across the back - the stairs for the ascent at the end hidden behind the 'peak'. The crevice from which Apollo first emerged may be detected and the seat of rocks evident stage left.
Object details
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| Title | Apollon Musagète (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photograph on card |
| Brief description | Stage photograph of the final pose from Apollon Musagète, performed by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, June 1928. |
| Physical description | Full stage photograph of Lubov Tchernicheva as Calliope, Felia Doubrovska as Polymnia, Alice Nikitina as Terpsichore and Serge Lifar as Apollo. The photograph shows Lifar on the top of a mountain, reaching towards a horse drawn charriot in sky. Behind him are the three muses on the side of the mountain. There are three further characters on the left, at the base of the mountain. |
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| Credit line | Gabrielle Enthoven Collection |
| Object history | Given to the Gabrielle Enthoven Collection by Albert W. King, December 1934. |
| Summary | Photograph showing the final moment of George Balanchine's ballet Apollon Musagète, on stage at Her Majesty's Theatre, London, showing the full cast. Apollo, on top of the 'mountain' hails a chariot to take him and the muses from Olympus to Parnassus. On the left can be seen Leto, Apollo's mother (Sophie Orlova) with the two goddesses/handmaidens Henriette Maikerska and Dora Vadimova. Apollon Musagète was first performed at the theatre Sarah Bernhardt, Paris on 12 June 1928 with a score and book by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by George Balanchine and was performed in London later that month. This photograph appeared in the Illustrated London News p.13 on 7 July 1928 when the caption read 'The Finale of Stravinsky's new ballet, Apollo Musagetes [sic]: Apollo (M. Lifar) leading the Muses (Mmes Nikitina, Tchernicheva and Doubrovska) to Parnassus.' Thid photograph gives the best view of the set with the 'mountains' across the back - the stairs for the ascent at the end hidden behind the 'peak'. The crevice from which Apollo first emerged may be detected and the seat of rocks evident stage left. |
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| Accession number | S.192-2017 |
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| Record created | March 21, 2017 |
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