[Russian ballets of Sergei Diaghilev]. Souvenir illustrated program of the Metropolitan Opera Company 1916. - 38 ...

[Russian ballets of Sergei Diaghilev]. Souvenir illustrated program of the Metropolitan Opera Company 1916. - 38 pp.; 23x31 cm.
Description:
In the publishing cover. Numerous illustrations in the text with costume designes and scenography by L. Bakst.
Information:
The Ballets Russes was an itinerant ballet company originally conceived by impresario Sergei Diaghilev. The Ballets Russes was based in Paris that performed between 1909 and 1929 throughout Europe and on tours to North and South America. The company never performed in Russia. The Ballets Russes is widely regarded as the most influential ballet company of the XX century.