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''A Month in the Country'' is a narrative ballet created in 1976 with choreography by Frederick Ashton, to the music of Frédéric Chopin (three works for piano and orchestra) arranged by John Lanchbery. It is based on the play by Ivan Turgenev of the same name, and lasts for about 40 minutes.〔Vaughan D. ''Frederick Ashton and his Ballets.'' A & C Black Ltd, London, 1977.〕 ==History== Ashton had the idea of a ballet based on ''A Month in the Country'' since seeing the play in the 1930s at the Westminster Theatre, but a meeting with Isaiah Berlin in the late 1960s helped him decide on the subject, and he took up Berlin’s suggestion of using the music of Chopin. During the preparation of the ballet, Ashton encouraged the dancers to see the play in London with Dorothy Tutin as Natalia. 〔Kavanagh J. ''Secret Muses: The Life of Frederick Ashton.'' Faber & Faber Ltd, London, 1996.〕 The ballet was first performed on Thursday, 12 February 1976, by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with Lynn Seymour and Anthony Dowell in the leading roles; later interpreters have included Merle Park and Sylvie Guillem as Natalia and Michael Coleman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Ivan Putrov as Belaiev. The work was performed by the Royal Ballet every season from 1976 to 1979 and is regularly revived at Covent Garden.〔Bland A. ''The Royal Ballet – the first 50 years.'' Threshold Books, London, 1981.〕 It has also been seen on tour in New York and Havana. In 1995, Dowell mounted the ballet for the National Ballet of Canada, the first time it had been performed by any other company. The ballet was filmed for television in a performance at the Royal Opera House in 1978 with the original principals, and broadcast with an interview of Ashton by Robin Ray.〔British Film Institute website: http://www.bfi.org.uk/filmtvinfo/ftvdb/, accessed 16 October 2009.〕 Peggy Ashcroft — after seeing a performance — told Ashton that she thought his adaptation was better than the original.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Month in the Country (ballet)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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