Virtual Spotlight Tour: Crafting the Ballet Russes

Friday, July 12, 2024 12:30–1:30 PM
Tickets: 
Free; limited availability, advance registration is required.

Join a virtual docent-led exploration and discussion of several works in the Morgan's exhibition Crafting the Ballets Russes: The Robert Owen Lehman Collection. Discover the history of the Ballet Russes ballet company and examine the creative process that brought their work to life.

(L) Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), Firebird, autograph manuscript, piano, extensive revisions, [1910]. The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, Robert Owen Lehman Collection, on deposit. (R) Léon Bakst (1866–1924), “Firebird and the Prince (Tsarevitch),” poster design for Firebird, 1915. Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Howard D. Rothschild Collection. Used by kind permission of European American Music Distributors Company, sole U.S. and Canadian agent for Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz, Germany, publisher and copyright owner.

Please call (212) 685-0008 ext. 560 or e-mail tickets@themorgan.org for information.