Mr Worldly Wise

Ballet: Work details

Choreographer: Twyla Tharp
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Music title: Petite messe solennelle (1863) – Kyrie; Bianca e Falliero (1819) – Overture; Eduardo e Cristina (1819) – Overture; Trois choeurs religieux (1844) – 1. La foi; Guillaume Tell (1829) – Overture; Album de chaumière – 2. Prélude fugassé, 5. Prélude inoffensive; Album de château – 6. Spécimen de mon temps, 8. Prélude semipastorale, 9. Tarantelle pur sang; Quelques riens pour album – Sicilienne; Quatre mendiants – Les Raisins; Album Italiano – La passeggiata; Sonata No. 3 (from 6 Sonate a Quattro) – Moderato, Menuetto; Album Italiano – L'Ultimo ricordo; Ermione (1819) – Overture
Composer: Gioachino (attributed) Rossini
Music title: Duetto buffo di due gatti
Work definition: Ballet in three acts
World premiere: 9 December 1995, The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
ROH premiere: 9 December 1995, The Royal Ballet
ROH company premiere: 9 December 1995, The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Productions
Mr Worldly Wise (1995) The Royal Ballet (12 performances online)