Credits

I. Emeralds
Music: Gabriel Fauré from Pelléas et Mélisande (1898) and Shylock (1889)

II. Rubies
Music: Igor Stravinsky (Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, 1929)

III. Diamonds
Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky from Symphony No. 3 in D Major, 1875 (first movement omitted)

Choreography by George Balanchine (1967)

Staging: Karin von Aroldingen, Sarah Leland, Elyse Borne and Sean Lavery
Scenery: Peter Harvey (1967)
Costumes: Karinska (1967)
Recreations of costumes supervised: Holly Hines
Original lighting: Ronald Bates
Lighting: Perry Silvey

Artists

Conductor: Christian Knapp
I. Emeralds
Yana Selina and Andrei Solovyov
Viktoria Brilyova and Roman Belyakov

II. Rubies
Olesya Novikova and Filipp Stepin
Alisa Sodoleva
Piano: Lyudmila Sveshnikova

III. Diamonds
Oxana Skorik and Andrei Yermakov

World premiere: 13 April 1967, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater
Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 30 October 1999, St Petersburg