The Three-Cornered Hat

For other uses, see The Three-Cornered Hat (disambiguation).
The Three-Cornered Hat
Picasso's costume design for the ballet
Native titleEl sombrero de tres picos
ChoreographerLéonide Massine
MusicManuel de Falla
Based onThe Three-Cornered Hat
by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón
Premiere22 July 1919 (1919-07-22)
Alhambra Theatre
DesignPablo Picasso
Genre

The Three-Cornered Hat (Spanish: El sombrero de tres picos or Le tricorne) is a ballet choreographed by Léonide Massine to music by Manuel de Falla. It was commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev and premiered in 1919. It is not only a ballet with Spanish setting but one that also employs the techniques of Spanish dance (adapted and somewhat simplified) instead of classical ballet.[1]

  1. ^ Terry, Walter (1976). Ballet Guide: Background, Listings, Credits, and Descriptions of More Than Five Hundred of the World's Major Ballets. Dodd, Mead. p. 342. ISBN 9780396070245.