While Ruth Page originally choreographed a ballet entitled "Faust" in 1926 at Ravinia, it is unclear how much this 1963 version was based on the or...
![Faust [1963, Chicago, Civic Opera House]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/2/2/61411_ca_object_representations_media_2259_small.jpg)
While Ruth Page originally choreographed a ballet entitled "Faust" in 1926 at Ravinia, it is unclear how much this 1963 version was based on the or...
![La favorita [1964, Chicago, Civic Opera House]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/2/2/56096_ca_object_representations_media_2272_small.jpg)
"La favorita" is a ballet choreographed by Ruth Page to the 1840 opera of the same name by Gaetano Donizetti. It was premiered by t...
![Thaïs [1959, Chicago, Civic Opera House]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/2/2/41381_ca_object_representations_media_2297_small.jpg)
"Thaïs" is a ballet choreographed by Ruth Page, based on the opera by Jules Massenet, itself based on the novel by Anatole France. ...
![Pygmalion [circa 1962, Chicago, Civic Opera House]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/2/2/38924_ca_object_representations_media_2286_small.jpg)
"Pygmalion" is a ballet choreographed by Ruth Page, loosely based on the Ancient Greek myth. It premiered in January 1963 in Park R...
![The Harvest - Doctor Bat (Die Fledermaus) [1961, Chicago, Civic Opera House]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/2/2/69832_ca_object_representations_media_2264_small.jpg)
"The Harvest" is a ballet by Ruth Page, choreographed to Vittorio Giannini's opera by the same name. The world premiere of...
"Thaïs" is a ballet choreographed by Ruth Page, based on the opera by Jules Massenet, itself based on the novel by Anatole France. ...
"Thaïs" is a ballet choreographed by Ruth Page, based on the opera by Jules Massenet, itself based on the novel by Anatole France. ...
![Doctor Bat (Die Fledermaus) (Act 2: Boudoir Pas de Deux) [1961, Chicago, Civic Opera House] - Mephistophela (Act 1: Obertass) [1963?, Chicago, Civic Opera House]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/2/2/22770_ca_object_representations_media_2255_small.jpg)
This film contains rehearsals of scenes from two Ruth Page ballets. The first half represents a pas de deux from Act II of her 1961 ballet Dr. Bat...
![Orpheus [1962, Chicago, Civic Opera House]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/2/2/45801_ca_object_representations_media_2283_small.jpg)
"Orpheus" is a ballet in three acts choreographed by Ruth Page for the opera Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald ...
![(Six rehearsal excerpts) Pastorale - Dance of the Hours - Mignon - Furlana - Masked Ball - Adriana Lecouvreur [1957, Chicago, Civic Opera House]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/2/2/89041_ca_object_representations_media_2295_small.jpg)
This film contains six excerpts from different ballets, all of which occur at the Chicago Civic Opera House and appear to have been filmed on the s...
![Susanna and the Barber (Parts 1 & 2) [1956, Chicago, University of Chicago, Mandel Hall]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/1/3/30066_ca_object_representations_media_1317_small.jpg)
"Susanna and the Barber" is a ballet choreographed by Ruth Page and based on the Gioachino Rossini opera The Barber of Seville
![Repertoire Workshop From Chicago: Carmen and Jose [1963]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/1/3/45931_ca_object_representations_media_1318_small.jpg)
Ruth Page has staged at least 4 versions of Carmen, all set to Georges Bizet's original opera music. The first version was choreographed and pe...
"Susanna and the Barber" is a ballet choreographed by Ruth Page and based on the Gioachino Rossini opera The Barber of Seville
![Repertoire Workshop From Chicago: Camille [1965]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/2/2/3714_ca_object_representations_media_2289_small.jpg)
"Camille" is a ballet choreographed by Ruth Page in 1958, based on Verdi's 1853 opera La Traviata, itself based on the play&...
![Doctor Bat (Die Fledermaus) [1960, Chicago, Civic Opera House]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/1/3/30747_ca_object_representations_media_1321_small.jpg)
"Die Fledermaus" (or "Dr. Bat") is a 3-scene ballet comedy choreographed by Ruth Page, with music by Johann Strauss, arranged and orchestrated by I...
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