Illuminations

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Ballet: Work details

Choreographer: Frederick Ashton
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Music title: Les Illuminations, Op. 18
Poet: Arthur Rimbaud
Work definition: Dramatic ballet in one act
World premiere: 2 March 1950, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York
ROH premiere: 20 July 1950, New York City Ballet
ROH company premiere: 3 December 1981, The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Productions
Illuminations (1981) The Royal Ballet (8 performances online)