Les Matelots, 1925
Les Matelots (The Sailors) was the second of three ballets composed by Georges Auric (1899–1983). (The other ballets were Les Fâcheux, 1924, and La Pastorale, 1926.) However, Auric and Diaghilev disagreed about commissioning fees, and Auric did not compose any ballets for the Ballets Russes after 1926. Described by Léonide Massine as a “light-hearted romp,” Les Matelots was extremely popular with Parisian audiences. (Les Matelots: music by Georges Auric; libretto by Boris Kochno; sets, costumes, and curtain by Pedro Pruna; scene painting by Prince Alexander Schervashidze; choreography by Léonide Massine; premiere on June 17, 1925, Théâtre de la Gaïté-Lyrique, Paris.)
<em>Les Matelots</em> (The Sailors) was the second of three ballets composed by Georges Auric (1899–1983). (The other ballets were <em>Les Fâcheux</em>, 1924, and <em>La Pastorale</em>, 1926.) However, Auric and Diaghilev disagreed about commissioning fees, and Auric did not compose any ballets for the Ballets Russes after 1926. Described by Léonide Massine as a “light-hearted romp,” <em>Les Matelots</em> was extremely popular with Parisian audiences. (<em>Les Matelots</em>: music by Georges Auric; libretto by Boris Kochno; sets, costumes, and curtain by Pedro Pruna; scene painting by Prince Alexander Schervashidze; choreography by Léonide Massine; premiere on June 17, 1925, Théâtre de la Gaïté-Lyrique, Paris.)