Mother Goose is a
ballet made for
New York City Ballet's
Ravel Festival by balletmaster
Jerome Robbins to
Ravel's music and scenario, the
Ma Mère l'Oye Suite from 1908, orchestrated by the composer in 1912. The premiere took place on May 22, 1975, at the
New York State Theater,
Lincoln Center, with costumes by
Stanley Simmons and lighting by
Jennifer Tipton. At its premiere it bore the French title, which was retained when it was first revived in January 1978 but anglicized by May of that year.
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Ma Mère l'Oye was written as a suite of five pieces for
piano four hands and later orchestrated and adapted into a ballet, by M. Ravel, with the addition of a prelude, an opening scene and four interludes connecting the five original pieces.
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