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...
![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
"Susanna and the Barber" is a ballet choreographed by Ruth Page and based on the Gioachino Rossini opera The Barber of Seville
![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...
![Bullets and Bonbons - All’s Fair in Love and War - The Chocolate Soldier [1965, Chicago, Civic Opera House]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/1/4/55602_ca_object_representations_media_1407_small.jpg)
Bullets and Bonbons, choreographed by Ruth Page, is based on the 1908 operetta "The Chocolate Soldier" by Oscar Straus, which is itself based on Ge...
"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...
Bullets and Bonbons, choreographed by Ruth Page, is based on the 1908 operetta "The Chocolate Soldier" by Oscar Straus, which is itself based on Ge...
![Mephistophela [1963]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/1/3/18474_ca_object_representations_media_1303_small.jpg)
"Mephistophela" is a ballet based on the Faust story, choreographed by Ruth Page in 1963, with music arranged and orchestrated by Isaac Van Grove f...
![Carmina Burana [1965, Chicago, Civic Opera House]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/1/3/29296_ca_object_representations_media_1333_small.jpg)
Ruth Page choreographed two versions of Carmina Burana, both set to Carl Orff's original music. This film depicts a rehearsal of the first version...
"The Merry Widow" (originally "Vilia") is a ballet choreographed by Ruth Page, based on the operetta by Franz Lehár. It was first premiered in Manc...
![Merry Widow [1958]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/1/3/46220_ca_object_representations_media_1334_small.jpg)
"The Merry Widow" (originally "Vilia") is a ballet choreographed by Ruth Page, based on the operetta by Franz Lehár. It was first premiered in Manc...
"Mephistophela" is a ballet based on the Faust story, choreographed by Ruth Page in 1963, with music arranged and orchestrated by Isaac Van Grove f...
![Repertoire Workshop From Chicago: Carmen and Jose [1963] - Ruth Page excerpts [1927-1949]](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/1/4/30421_ca_object_representations_media_1404_small.jpg)
"Carmen and Jose" is one of Ruth Page's versions of the ballet Carmen. Page has staged at least 4 versions of Carm...