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The Rite of Spring (French: Le Sacre du printemps) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev 's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky with stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich .
The Rite of Spring ( Sacre du Printemps) which debuted in Paris in 1913, was the third major Stravinsky ballet to be commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev for the Ballets Russes (following The Firebird, 1910, and Petrushka (1911).
Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (/ d i ˈ æ ɡ ɪ l ɛ f / dee-AG-il-ef; Russian: Серге́й Па́влович Дя́гилев, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈpavləvʲɪdʑ ˈdʲæɡʲɪlʲɪf]; 31 March [O.S. 19 March] 1872 – 19 August 1929), also known as Serge Diaghilev, was a Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, from which many famous dancers and ...
Following this success, Diaghilev was quick to commission more from Stravinsky, resulting in Petrushka in 1911 and The Rite of Spring in 1913. Diaghilev's unfaltering support for talent from his homeland was also seen in his commissioning of up-and-coming Russian modernist artists .
- Russian
- March 19, 1872
- Novgorod, Russia
- August 19, 1929
Le Sacre du printemps (“The Rite of Spring”) was formally commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev on August 8, 1911, and Stravinsky began composing almost immediately. He finished Part I by early January 1912 and completed the sketch score on November 17 “with an unbearable toothache.”
May 15, 2024 · Most classical music mavens are familiar with the scandale the Rite engendered in its 1913 Paris premiere with Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. Audiences were appalled by Stravinsky’s Pictures of Pagan Russia in Two Parts and voiced their displeasure with a passion later described as a “near riot.”.
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Thereafter he toured Europe and the Americas with his ballet company, and he produced three ballet masterpieces by Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911), and The Rite of Spring (1913). Diaghilev was the son of a major general and a noblewoman, who died in childbirth.
