Ballo della Regina

Ballo della Regina is a one-act neoclassical

ballet choreographed by George
Balanchine to music by Giuseppe Verdi. It
is a set of variations set to ballet music
(titled La Peregrina) that Verdi cut from Act
3 of the original 1867 version of his opera
Don Carlos.[1][2] Its premiere performance
was on 12 January 1978, by the New York
City Ballet at New York State Theater in
Lincoln Center.[2][3]
 Ballo della Regina
Choreographer George Balanchine

Music Giuseppe Verdi

Premiere 12 January 1978
New York State
Theater

Original ballet New York City Ballet

company

Genre Neoclassical ballet

Type Classical ballet

The work is noted for the high degree of

technical difficulties it presents for the
female lead.[3][4] Ballo della Regina was
featured in an Emmy-winning PBS
performance entitled Balanchine: Dance in
America - Ballo della Regina - Steadfast Tin
Soldier - Elegie - Tschaikovsky.[5]

Casts
World premiere American Ballet Theatre Royal Ballet premiere
Roles [2] [6]
(1878) premiere (2007) (2011)[7]

Lead
Merrill Ashley Gillian Murphy Marianela Nuñez
female

Lead male Robert Weiss David Hallberg Sergei Polunin

Debra Austin Yuhui Choe

Bonita Borne Emma-Jane Maguire
Soloists
Stephanie Saland Samantha Raine
Sheryl Ware Akane Takada

Recordings
In light of the impact of the COVID-19
pandemic on the performing arts, Royal
Danish Ballet released a recording starring
Holly Dorger and Jonathan Chmelensky.[8]
New York City Ballet released a video
featuring Megan Fairchild and Anthony
Huxley.[9]

References
1. Matthew Naughtin, Ballet Music, 2014,
p. 149
2. "Ballo della Regina" . New York City
Ballet. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
3. "Ballet Magazine: New York City Ballet
Ballo della Regina, February 2005" .
Archived from the original on 2008-
12-01. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
4. "Revisiting the Many Facets of
Balanchine and Robbins" . New York
Times. February 19, 2009.
5. NY Times movie review
. "Ballo della Regina" . American Ballet
Theatre.
7. "Ballo della regina - 13 May 2011
Evening 7.30pm" . Royal Opera House
Collections Online.
. "Updated: Mark Your Calendars for
These Online Ballet Performances" .
Pointe Magazine. 31 March 2020.
Archived from the original on 29 April
2020.
 9. "NYCB's Digital Spring Season" . New
York City Ballet. Archived from the
original on 2 May 2020. Retrieved
6 May 2020.

External links
Ballo della Regina on the Balanchine
Trust website
Extract performed by Holly Dorger

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