Brahms/Handel is a ballet made by New York City Ballet ballet master Jerome Robbins in collaboration with Twyla Tharp to Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 (1861), orchestrated by Edmund Rubbra. The premiere took place Thursday, June 7, 1984 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with costumes by Oscar de la Renta and lighting by Jennifer Tipton.
Casts Original
Merrill Ashley Maria Calegari
Ib Andersen Bart Cook
NYCB revivals 2008 Spring — Jerome Robbins celebration
first cast
Ashley Bouderfirst time in rôle Wendy Whelan
Philip Neal Andrew Veyette
second cast
Abi Stafford Sara Mearns
Gonzalo Garcia Jared Angle
Footnotes
References
Playbill, NYCB, Sunday, June 22, 2008
Articles
NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, November 13, 1983
Sunday NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, April 22, 1984
Reviews
NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, June 9, 1984
NY Times, Alastair Macaulay, June 24, 2008