Les noces

Les Noces
Les Noces
Choreographer	Bronislava Nijinska
Music	Igor Stravinsky
Based on	Russian peasant wedding
Premiere	13 June 1923; Théâtre de la Gaîté, Paris
Original ballet company	Ballets Russes
Design	Natalia Goncharova
Type	ballet-cantata

The Wedding, or Svadebka (Russian: Свадебка), is a Russian-language ballet-cantata by Igor Stravinsky scored unusually for four vocal soloists, chorus, percussion and four pianos. Dedicating the work to impresario Sergei Diaghilev, the composer described it in French as "choreographed Russian scenes with singing and music" [sic], and it remains known by its French name of Les noces despite being Russian.

The Wedding was completed in 1917 but was then subjected to a series of changes of heart by Stravinsky regarding its scoring; he settled on the above forces only in 1923, in time for the premiere in Paris on 13 June that year under conductor Ernest Ansermet and danced by the Ballets Russes to choreography by Bronislava Nijinska.^[1] Several versions of the score have been performed over the years, substituting an orchestra for the percussion and pianos or using pianolas in accordance with a version Stravinsky abandoned.

^ Harss, Marina (March 14, 2023). "Why Is Bronislava Nijinska Still Waiting in the Wings? - With a new biography and a production of "Les Noces," the time has come to reconsider the choreographer, whose work and reputation have languished in the shadows". The New York Times. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

[NYT-20230314-1] Harss, Marina (March 14, 2023). "Why Is Bronislava Nijinska Still Waiting in the Wings? - With a new biography and a production of "Les Noces," the time has come to reconsider the choreographer, whose work and reputation have languished in the shadows". The New York Times. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

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