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Daphnis et Chloé
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Daphnis et Chloé is a 1912 ballet and orchestral concert work, subtitled symphonie chorégraphique, for orchestra and wordless chorus by Maurice Ravel. It is in three main sections, or parties, and a d
Set design by Léon Bakst for the world premiere of Daphnis et Chloé, Paris 1912.
Set design by Léon Bakst for the world premiere of Daphnis et Chloé, Paris 1912.
Michel Fokine, Daphnis et Chloé, circa 1910
Michel Fokine, Daphnis et Chloé, circa 1910
Léon Bakst
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Léon Samoylovich Bakst, born Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg, was a Russian painter and scene and costume designer of Jewish origin. He was a member of the Sergei Diaghilev circle and the Ballets Rus
Daphnis et Chloé
…it some months before the premiere of the staged work. This took place at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on 8 June 1912, with sets designed by Léon Bakst, choreography by Fokine, and the Orchestre Colonne conducted by Pierre Monteux. Tamara Karsavina and Vaslav Nijinsky danced the shepherdess and goatherd…
Self-Portrait, 1893, oil on cardboard, 34 × 21 cm; Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Self-Portrait, 1893, oil on cardboard, 34 × 21 cm; Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Carnival in Paris in Honour of the Russian Navy; c. 20th-century.
Carnival in Paris in Honour of the Russian Navy; c. 20th-century.
Uriel da Costa (1897), an imaginary portrait of the 17th century critic of contemporary religious orthodoxies, was one of Léon Bakst's earliest painti
Uriel da Costa (1897), an imaginary portrait of the 17th century critic of contemporary religious orthodoxies, was one of Léon Bakst's earliest paintings
For Cléopâtre by Mikhail Fokine; 1910.
For Cléopâtre by Mikhail Fokine; 1910.