JOAN VON ZARISSA
Libretto and music by Werner Egk, choreography by Serge Lifar, Opéra de Paris, 1942
Cast:
Lycette Darsonval (Isabeau), Marianne Ivanoff (Perette), Micheline Bardin and Paulette Dynalix (Servants), Solange Schwarz (the Most Beautiful of the Captured Moorish Women), Yvette Chauviré (Florence)
Serge Lifar (Joan), Serge Peretti (a Young Knight), Roger Ritz (the Gigantic Knight), Guylaine (Lefou), Duprez (the Iron Duke), Nivolas Efimoff (the Monster), Sauvageot and Milliand (Captured Kings)
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EL AMOR BRUJO
Music by Manuel de Falla, libretto by G. Martinez Sierra, choreography by Serge Lifar, Opéra de Paris, 1943
Cast:
Teresina (Candelas), Lycette Darsonval (Lucia)
Roland Petit (Carmelo), Serge Lifar (the Revenant)
and the Opéra-Comique of 1947 (reprised 19 June 1947), choreography by Mariemma, based on the work of Antonia Mercé (commonly known as ‘La Argentina’)
SALOME
Music by Richard Strauss, poem by Oscar Wilde, choreography by Serge Lifar, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, 1946
Cast:
Olga Adabache (Salomé)
Serge Lifar
LUCIFER
Music by Claude Delvincourt, libretto by René Dumesnil, choreography and staging by Serge Lifar, Opéra de Paris, 1948
Cast:
Lycette Darsonval (the Princess of Hell), Madeleine Lafon (Eve), Jacqueline Moreau (the Fallen Angel), Bourgeois (Zillah), Paulette Dynalix (Adah), Gerodez, Sianina, Rigel, Thalia
Roger Ritz (Lucifer), Michel Renault (the Archangel), Max Bozzoni (Abel), Lucien Legrand (Adam), Nicolas Efimoff (Cain)
NAUTEOS
Music by Jeanne Leleu, text by René Dumesnil, choreography and staging by Serge Lifar, Opéra de Paris, 1954
Cast:
Yvette Chauviré (Leucothea), Madeleine Lafon (Eurystea)
Michel Renault (Nauteos), Max Bozzoni (Pisander), Bari and Franchetti (Tritons), Jodel (Shepherd)
