| Choreographer: |
John Cranko |
| Composer: |
Domenico Scarlatti |
| Arranger: |
Kurt-Heinz Stolze |
| Work definition: |
Ballet in two acts |
| After: |
After the play 'Taming of the Shrew' by William Shakespeare |
| Notes: |
The music is drawn from Scarlatti's sonatas for keyboard.
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| World premiere: |
16 March 1969, Stuttgart Ballet, Stuttgart |
| ROH premiere: |
29 July 1974, Stuttgart Ballet |
| ROH company premiere: |
16 February 1977, The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |