The Firebird

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The Firebird is a landmark early 20th-century ballet with music by Igor Stravinsky, based on Russian fairy tales and renowned for its vivid orchestration and innovative choreography.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet
stage work
basedOn Russian fairy tales
choreographerAtPremiere Michel Fokine
commissionedBy Sergei Diaghilev
composer Igor Stravinsky
conductorAtPremiere Gabriel Pierné
costumeDesignerAtPremiere Alexandre Benois
countryOfOrigin Russia
firstPerformanceCompany Ballets Russes
genre ballet
orchestral music
hasVersion The Firebird self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Firebird Suite (1911)

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surface form: The Firebird Suite (1919)

The Firebird self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Firebird Suite (1945)
historicalSignificance first major international success of Igor Stravinsky
landmark in early 20th-century ballet
influenced Petrushka
The Rite of Spring
keyCharacter Kashchei the Immortal
Prince Ivan
The Firebird self-linksurface differs
surface form: the Firebird
language Russian (scenario context)
librettist Alexandre Benois
Michel Fokine
movement Berceuse
Finale
Kashchei the Immortal
surface form: Infernal Dance of King Kashchei

Introduction
Round Dance of the Princesses
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surface form: The Firebird and its Dance

Variation of the Firebird
notableFor innovative choreography
use of Russian folk elements
vivid orchestration
orchestration large orchestra
originalFirebirdDancer Tamara Karsavina
originalKashcheiDancer Pavel Tchernichev NERFINISHED
originalPrinceIvanDancer Michel Fokine
period early 20th century
premiereDate 1910-06-25
premierePlace Paris
surface form: Paris, France
premiereTheatre Paris Opera
surface form: Opéra de Paris
producedBy Ballets Russes
setDesignerAtPremiere Alexandre Benois
setting mythical Russian landscape
structure one-act ballet
style early 20th-century modernism

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Ballets Russes premiered The Firebird
Igor Stravinsky notableWork The Firebird
Anita Louise notableWork The Firebird
The Firebird keyCharacter The Firebird self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: the Firebird
The Firebird hasVersion The Firebird self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Firebird Suite (1911)
The Firebird hasVersion The Firebird self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Firebird Suite (1919)
The Firebird hasVersion The Firebird self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Firebird Suite (1945)
The Firebird movement The Firebird self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Firebird and its Dance
Tamara Karsavina notableWork The Firebird
Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief notableWork The Firebird
this entity surface form: Firebird (role of the Firebird)
Firebird partOf The Firebird
subject surface form: Firebird (ballet role)
this entity surface form: The Firebird (ballet)
Firebird appearsIn The Firebird
subject surface form: Firebird (ballet role)
this entity surface form: The Firebird (ballet)
Maurice Béjart notableWork The Firebird