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Hemorrhaging Angel. In 1942, Choreographer Leonide Massine, a fellow Russian, got him to design costumes and sets for the New York Ballet Theater's production of Aleko. Critic Emily Genauer recalls walking in on the two while they were trying to explore the project. Tchaikovsky's trumpets blared over a record player, while Massine dragged Chagall around the room in an unbelievable pas de deux,. Yet somehow the collaboration worked. The premiere, which took place in Mexico in 1942, was a smash success...
...ballets by Choreographer Massine (lured from the Ballet Russe to do the job) provided the first week's novelties. Both left connoisseurs somewhat frigid. The first, Aleko, a hodgepodge of good-natured Slavic confusion, told the story of a youth who died of unrequited love for a gypsy. The second, and more elaborate, was Don Domingo, a Mexican extravaganza. Three months ago Choreographer Massine in a burst of good-neighborliness gave Don Domingo to the Mexican public. The Mexican public promptly tossed it back to Choreographer Massine amid loud critical catcalls. The Manhattan critics did the same. Don Domingo...
...Symphony Hall Sunday afternoon, the famous Russian basso, Feodor, Challapin, sang before a large and wildly-enthusiastic audience. His programme was as follows: First group: "Aleko", Rachmaninoff; "Yermak Tinofelevitch". Ippolitoff-Ivanoff; "Die beiden Grenadiere", Schumann. Second group: "We parted haughtily", Dargomizhsky; "Pretty Lady" (from "Don Juan"), Mozart: "When the king went forth to war", Koeneman; Volga Boat-song; "Mephisto's Song of the Flea", Mouseorgsky...
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