Daphnis et Chloé

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Daphnis et Chloé is a one-act ballet with music by Maurice Ravel, celebrated for its lush orchestral score and impressionistic evocation of an ancient Greek pastoral romance.

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Daphnis et Chloé canonical 2
Daphnis and Chloe 1
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 1 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet
one-act ballet
basedOn Daphnis et Chloé self-linksurface differs
surface form: Daphnis and Chloe
basedOnAuthor Longus
choreographerAtPremiere Michel Fokine
commissionedBy Sergei Diaghilev
commissionedFor Ballets Russes
composer Maurice Ravel
compositionEndYear 1912
compositionStartYear 1909
conductorAtPremiere Pierre Monteux
countryOfOrigin France
dedicatedTo Nikolai Tcherepnin
genre impressionist music
pastoral ballet
hasPart Daphnis et Chloé self-linksurface differs
surface form: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 1

Daphnis et Chloé self-linksurface differs
surface form: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
language French
mainCharacter Chloé
Daphnis
notableFor evocation of ancient Greek pastoral atmosphere
lush orchestral score
rich harmonic language
notableMovement Danse générale
Lever du jour
numberOfParts 3
orchestration large orchestra
wordless chorus
originalChoreographer Michel Fokine
originalCompany Ballets Russes
premiereCity Paris
premiereCompany Ballets Russes
premiereDate 1912-06-08
premiereTheatre Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
surface form: Théâtre du Châtelet
publisher Durand
setDesignerAtPremiere Léon Bakst
setting Greek Antiquity
surface form: ancient Greece

pastoral landscape
structure one act
style impressionism
theme abduction
jealousy
love
pastoral romance
reunion
vocalForces mixed chorus
vocalText wordless

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Ballets Russes premiered Daphnis et Chloé
Maurice Ravel notableWork Daphnis et Chloé
Daphnis et Chloé basedOn Daphnis et Chloé self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Daphnis and Chloe
Daphnis et Chloé hasPart Daphnis et Chloé self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 1
Daphnis et Chloé hasPart Daphnis et Chloé self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2