Mother Goose is a ballet made for New York City Ballet's Ravel Festival by balletmaster Jerome Robbins to Maurice Ravel's music and scenario, the Ma Mère l'Oye Suite from 1910, 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.NY Times review by Anna Kisselgoff, January 30, 1976NY Times review by Jack Anderson, January 10, 1978NY Times review by Jack Anderson, May 30, 1978
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 Ravel with the addition of a prelude, an opening scene and four interludes connecting the five original pieces.
Cast Original
Muriel Aasen Delia Peters Tracy Bennett Deborah Koolish Colleen Neary
Richard Hoskinson Matthew Giordano Jay Jolley Daniel Duell
References
Playbill, NYCB, Thursday, May 15, 2008 Repertory Week, NYCB, Spring Season, 2008 repertory, week 3
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Reviews
NY Times review, Jennifer Dunning, April 29, 1983 NY Times review, Jack Anderson, January 6, 1983 NY Times review, Anna Kisselgoff, June 11, 1990 NY Times review, Jennifer Dunning, June 27, 1991 NY Times review, Jennifer Dunning, February 15, 1992 NY Times review, Gia Kourlas, May 17, 2008