Virginia Symphony Orchestra | Ron Matson, Guest Conductor
Virginia Symphony Orchestra Chorus | Robert Shoup, Chorus Master
Lauren Archer, Cody Beaton, Elena Bello, Marty Davis, Trevor Davis, Lauren Fagone,
Matthew Frain, Thomas Garrett, Abi Goldstein, Sabrina Holland, Benjamin Malone,
Thomas Ragland, Fernando Sabino, Phillip Skaggs, Maggie Small, Valerie Tellmann
David Claypoole
,
Richard Foggio
,
Connor Frain
,
Logan Hillman
,
Hannah Markowitz
,
Eri Nishihara
,
Melissa Robinson
,
Stephanie Singletary
,
Sarah Joan Smith
,
Ira White
Music by Camille Saint-Saëns, Danse macabre, Op.40
Orchestra Only
Choreography by George Balanchine
Staged by Jerri Kumery
Music by Peter I. Tchaikovsky, Suite No. 4, Mozartiana, Op. 61 (1887)
Costume Design by Rouben Ter-Arutunian
Lighting Design by MK Stewart after the original by Ronald Bates
Preghiera
Valerie Tellmann
Gigue
Fernando Sabino
Menuet
Lauren Archer Elena Bello Sabrina Holland Sarah Joan Smith
Thème et Variations
Valerie Tellmann Marty Davis
Finale
Complete Cast
Students from The School of Richmond Ballet appearing in this ballet are:
Isadora Bless Odessa Bless Elle McNeill Hannah Steincamp
Student Répétiteur: Anne Sidney Hetherington
WORLD PREMIERE: JUNE 1981, NEW YORK CITY BALLET, NEW YORK, NY
RICHMOND PREMIERE: RICHMOND BALLET, MAY 2008, RICHMOND, VA
The performance of Mozartiana, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® Service standards established and provided by the Trust. The Balanchine ballet presented in this program is protected by copyright. Any unauthorized recording is prohibited without expressed written consent of The George Balanchine Trust and Richmond
Ballet.

Conceived and Choreographed by John Butler
Staged by Malcolm Burn
Music and Latin Text by Carl Orff
Costume Design by John Butler
Lighting Design by MK Stewart after the original by Richard Moore
Tenor: David Artz
Soprano: Bethany Baxter
Baritone: Kevin Wetzel
Virginia Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Lauren Fagone
Phillip Skaggs
Maggie Small
Thomas Ragland
Ensemble
Lauren Archer, Cody Beaton, Elena Bello,
Abi Goldstein, Sabrina Holland, Hannah Markowitz
Trevor Davis, Richard Foggio, Matthew Frain,
Logan Hillman, Benjamin Malone, Ira White
Prologue
O fortuna Chorus
Fortune plango vulnera Lauren Fagone, Maggie Small,
Thomas Ragland, Phillip Skaggs;
Ensemble; Chorus
Part I. Primo Vere
Veris leta facies Lauren Fagone, Maggie Small,
Omnia sol temperat
Thomas Ragland, Phillip Skaggs;
Ensemble; Chorus
Maggie Small, Thomas Ragland;
Kevin Wetzel
Ecce gratum
Lauren Fagone, Phillip Skaggs; Chorus
Uf Dem Anger
Tanz Ensemble
Floret silva Maggie Small; Ensemble; Chorus
Chramer, gip die varwe mir Lauren Fagone, Thomas Ragland,
Phillip Skaggs; Chorus
Reie Maggie Small; Ensemble
Swaz hie gat umbe Maggie Small, Phillip Skaggs; Chorus
Chume chum geselle min Maggie Small, Phillip Skaggs; Chorus
Were diu werlt alle min Ensemble; Chorus
Part II. In Taberna
Estuans interius Thomas Ragland; Kevin Wetzel
Olim lacus colueram Lauren Fagone, Thomas Ragland;
David Artz; Chorus
Ego sum abbas Phillip Skaggs; Kevin Wetzel; Chorus
In taberna quando sumus Ensemble; Chorus

Part III. Cour D’Amours
Amor volat undique Lauren Fagone, Maggie Small,
Thomas Ragland, Phillip Skaggs;
Bethany Baxter; Chorus
Dies, nox et omnia Maggie Small, Thomas Ragland;
Kevin Wetzel; Chorus
Stetit puella Lauren Fagone, Thomas Ragland;
Bethany Baxter
Circa mea pectora Lauren Fagone, Maggie Small,
Thomas Ragland, Phillip Skaggs;
Kevin Wetzel; Chorus
Si puer cum puellula Lauren Fagone, Maggie Small,
Thomas Ragland, Phillip Skaggs;
Kevin Wetzel; Chorus
Veni, veni, venias Ensemble; Chorus
In trutina Lauren Fagone, Maggie Small,
Thomas Ragland, Phillip Skaggs;
Bethany Baxter
Tempus est iocundum Ensemble; Bethany Baxter,
Kevin Wetzel; Chorus
Dulcissme Full Company; Bethany Baxter
Blanziflor et Helena
Ave formosissima Lauren Fagone, Maggie Small,
Thomas Ragland, Phillip Skaggs;
Ensemble; Chorus
O fortuna
Epilogue
Full Company; Chorus
WORLD PREMIERE: SEPTEMBER 24, 1959, NEW YORK CITY OPERA, CITY CENTER, NEW YORK
RICHMOND BALLET PREMIERE: OCTOBER 15, 1987
Carmina Burana is a choral theater piece based on poems discovered in the library of an ancient Bavarian monastery. The 13 th century poems and songs were composed by minstrels and monks, who had freed themselves of monastic discipline. The ballet, which begins after the first chorus, is an abstract landscape of movement, not a realistic re-telling of the poems. The prologue regrets the ever-changing fate of man, first riding the Wheel of Fate with success, then ground under by it. The first part relates the joy of spring. The second relates the pleasures, extravagances, and despairs of tavern life. The third part is a series of love poems, while the Epilogue returns to the plaintive bemoaning of the ruthless Wheel of Fate.
– Clive Barnes
Carmina Burana is performed by permission of John Butler Foundation,
William Soleau, Executive Director.
Tonight’s Concert is sponsored by:
Norfolk Consortium
The taking of flash photography or any recording of this production is prohibited.

George Balanchine (Choreographer, Mozartiana) is widely regarded as the leading contemporary choreographer in the world of ballet. He was born in 1904 in St. Petersburg, Russia, and entered the
Imperial Ballet School at age ten, graduating in 1921. In 1924, he and a small group of dancers received permission to travel Europe as “The Soviet State Dancers.” Serge Diaghilev saw the company in Paris and engaged Mr. Balanchine for his history-making group, The Ballet Russe. After Diaghilev’s death, Mr.
Balanchine left The Ballet Russe and eventually made his way to New York, where he first introduced the concept of ballet to the Broadway musical in such works as the famed Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, and in
Rodgers and Hart’s On Your Toes. In 1934, Mr. Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein, an American dance enthusiast, founded the School of American Ballet. The School eventually became the training ground for the New York City Ballet, which Mr. Kirstein and Mr. Balanchine established in 1948. The New York City
Ballet has since become one of the finest companies in the world. Mr. Balanchine was one of the most prolific and sought-after contemporary choreographic geniuses, and his work changed the nature of ballet around the world. In addition to Mozartiana, Richmond Ballet’s repertoire includes Mr. Balanchine’s
Apollo, Donizetti Variations, Allegro Brillante, Liebeslieder Walzer, Serenade, Valse Fantasie and Who
Cares?. Mr. Balanchine died in 1983.
John Butler (Choreographer and Original Costume Design, Carmina Burana) a native of Greenwood,
Mississippi, worked with the top stars of the dance world, including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Judith Jamison,
Natalia Makarova, and others. He choreographed the first ballet danced by Baryshnikov after his defection from the Soviet Union. Mr. Butler’s works are in the repertories of the foremost international companies. He was equally well known as a director, with his assignments covering a wide spectrum— from New York’s Metropolitan Opera House to Milan’s La Scala, from the Paris Opera to Broadway. Mr.
Butler was the recipient of the Dance Magazine Award, Paris’ Diaghilev Award, and the Mississippi Native
Son Award, in celebration of the international acclaim given to one of its own. Richmond Ballet is honored that Mr. Butler coached both of his works in his works in its repertory, Carmina Burana and After Eden, before his death in September 1993.
Now in its 31 st professional season, Richmond Ballet, The State Ballet of Virginia, is dedicated to the education, promotion, preservation, and continuing evolution of the art form of ballet. The State Ballet of
Virginia strives to keep meaningful works of dance alive and to produce and foster new works that remain true to these values. Under the leadership of founding Artistic Director Stoner Winslett, and guided by its founding mission to “awaken and uplift the human spirit, both for audiences and artists,” the Ballet now reaches over 100,000 people annually across Virginia and beyond, and boasts an expansive repertory that includes full-length classics as well as 60 original works from 20 choreographers from around the world.
The Ballet’s scope of activity also includes a professionally run school, The School of Richmond Ballet, that serves more than 800 students annually, and many outreach programs, including the celebrated Minds In
Motion program. During the 2014-15 season, The School of Richmond Ballet is celebrating its 40 th anniversary, while Minds In Motion is celebrating its 20 th .
Richmond Ballet has performed across the Commonwealth, as well as at the Joyce Theater in New York
City and at the Opera House at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. The company made its international debut at the Linbury Theatre at the Royal Opera House in London, England, and is set to travel to China to perform at the annual ‘Meet in Beijing’ Arts Festival in the spring of 2015.