List of Tarantella casts

This is a chronological list of casts of New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine's Tarantella, made to Louis Moreau Gottschalk's Grand Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 67 (ca. 1866), reconstructed and orchestrated by Hershy Kay. The premiere took place January 7, 1964, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York.

Casts

original

  • Patricia McBride
  • Edward Villella

NYCB revivals

2008 Winter

  • Megan Fairchild
  • Daniel Ulbricht

2008 Winter tour to the London Coliseum

first cast
  • Ashley Bouder
  • Daniel Ulbricht
second cast
  • Megan Fairchild
  • Gonzalo Garcia
third cast
  • Sterling Hyltin
  • Gonzalo Garcia

2008 Summer tour to Paris

first cast
  • Megan Fairchild
  • Joaquín De Luz
second cast
  • Erica Pereira
  • Daniel Ulbricht

2009 Winter

  • Megan Fairchild
  • Joaquín De Luz

2009 Spring

first cast
  • Tiler Peck
  • Daniel Ulbricht
second cast
  • Erica Pereira
  • Daniel Ulbricht

2009 Saratoga Springs

  • Megan Fairchild
  • Joaquín De Luz

2009 Fall tour to Japan

  • Tiler Peck
  • Daniel Ulbricht

See also

  • Tarantella stagings
  • NYCB repertory

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