Nureyev details

Performance role
Debut in a role
Yes
Creative role
  • Performer
  • Choreographer

Other info

Venue
Palais Garnier, Paris, France
Company
Paris Opera Ballet
Sources
  • Marilyn J La Vine (c) 2007 New York

Raymonda

17 February 1984

Marilyn J La Vine notes that Nureyev’s first performance in the role of Abderam/Abderachman may have been with Australian Ballet at the 3rd Festival of Dance at the Champs-Elysees Theatre in Paris on 17 November 1965, but it is not clear.

Works

Raymonda (Nureyev)

Choreography: Rudolf Nureyev, Marius Petipa

Music: Alexander Glazunov

Performance role: Abderachman

Debut performance of this role

Other performers: Élisabeth Platel (Raymonda),
Michael Denard (Jean de Brienne)