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Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Ballet in three deals / Suite
Stage action devised by the composer in collaboration with M. Malayev
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They play for high stakes in Igor Stravinsky’s ballet Jeu de cartes, written for the first Stravinsky Festival mounted by George Balanchine for the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1937. Stravinsky, himself a keen poker player, invented an abstract drama for the various card ‘characters’, full of deceit and intrigue, which unfolds almost immediately on the card table as a ‘ballet in three deals’. At the start of each deal, the cards are shuffled in an ironic gesture, with the opposing hands played against each other in constantly changing combinations. The malicious joker interferes with the flow of the game several times by demonstrating his power, but can ultimately be defeated by a royal flush in hearts.
There is a lot of bluffing in this game, even with regard to the music: Stravinsky parodies and combines alienated fragments from Rossini’s Barber of Seville and Johann Strauss’ Fledermaus or musical allusions to Beethoven, Ravel and Tchaikovsky.
There is a lot of bluffing in this game, even with regard to the music: Stravinsky parodies and combines alienated fragments from Rossini’s Barber of Seville and Johann Strauss’ Fledermaus or musical allusions to Beethoven, Ravel and Tchaikovsky.
Orchestral Cast
2 (2. auch Picc.) · 2 (2. auch Engl. Hr.) · 2 · 2 - 4 · 2 · 3 · 1 - P. S. (gr. Tr.) - Str. (12 · 10 · 8 · 6 · 6)
Cast
(Die Karten eines Pokerspiels): 7 Tänzer - 8 Tänzerinnen
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Title:
Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Ballet in three deals / Suite
Stage action devised by the composer in collaboration with M. Malayev
Les mouvements scéniques réalisés par l'auteur en collaboration avec M. Malaïeff
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1936
Duration:
23 ′0 ′′
World Premiere:
April 27, 1937 · New York, NY (USA)
Metropolitan Opera
Conductor: Igor Strawinsky
Set design: Irene Sharaff · Choreography: George Balanchine · American Ballet
(scenic) (first scenic performance)
January 14, 1938 · Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy · The Philadelphia Orchestra
(concert) (world première of the suite)
Metropolitan Opera
Conductor: Igor Strawinsky
Set design: Irene Sharaff · Choreography: George Balanchine · American Ballet
(scenic) (first scenic performance)
January 14, 1938 · Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy · The Philadelphia Orchestra
(concert) (world première of the suite)
Series:
Keywords:
Technical Details
Media Type:
Hire/performance material
Product number:
LS 3859-01
Delivery rights:
Distribution rights for all countries except USA
Manufacturer:
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19.30 h
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Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra
June 14, 2008 |
Minneapolis, MN (United States of America) , Orchestra Hall
20.00 h
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Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra
June 13, 2008 |
Minneapolis, MN (United States of America) , Orchestra Hall
20.00 h
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Orchestra: Birmingham Royal Ballet
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Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra
June 12, 2008 |
Minneapolis, MN (United States of America) , Orchestra Hall
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Conductor: Fredrik Burstedt
Orchestra: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester
May 22, 2008 |
Helsingborg (Sweden)
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Conductor: Ludovic Morlot
Orchestra: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
April 8, 2008 |
Berlin (Germany) , Philharmonie
20.00 Uhr
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Conductor: Stefan Solyom
Orchestra: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester
April 3, 2008 |
Norrköping (Sweden) , De Geerhallen
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Conductor: Florian Frannek
March 20, 2008 |
Schleswig (Germany) , Theater
19.30 Uhr
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Conductor: Florian Frannek
March 15, 2008 |
Neumünster (Germany) , Theater in der Stadthalle
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Conductor: Florian Frannek
March 11, 2008 |
Itzehoe (Germany) , Theater
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Conductor: Florian Frannek
February 26, 2008 |
Flensburg (Germany) , Theater
19.30 Uhr
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Conductor: Mark Elder
Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
February 24, 2008 |
St. Louis, MO (United States of America) , Powell Symphony Hall
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Conductor: Mark Elder
Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
February 23, 2008 |
St. Louis, MO (United States of America) , Powell Symphony Hall
20.00 h
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Conductor: Florian Frannek
February 23, 2008 |
Flensburg (Germany) , Theater — First Night
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Jeu de cartes - A Card Game
Conductor: Paavo Järvi
Orchestra: hr-Sinfonieorchester
February 8, 2008 |
Frankfurt am Main (Germany) , Alte Oper, Großer Saal
20.00 Uhr
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Conductor: Paavo Järvi
Orchestra: hr-Sinfonieorchester
February 7, 2008 |
Frankfurt am Main (Germany) , Alte Oper, Großer Saal
20.00 Uhr
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