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The term is repeated here in its original historical context.\r\n\r\nThe poster is printed with the names of the General Manager of the Royal Opera House Mr. Neil Forsyth, and the Managing Director Mr. Percy Pitt.\n\n<i>Thamar</i> is credited as a Choreographic Drama in one act by M. L. Bakst, music by M. Balakirev, scenes and dances by M. Michel Fokine, scenery and costumes designed by M. L. Bakst, scenery executed by M. Charbey and Soudejkine, costumes executed by Mlle. Muelle. The cast is listed as Thamar, Reine de Georgie, Mme Tamara Karsavina; Le Prince, M. Adolf Bolm; Amies de Thamar - Mmes Nijinska, Piltz, Tchernisheva, Wasilewska, Konietska, Kopytsinska, Klementovitch, Baranovitch I, Baranovitch II, Maicherska, Staszko, Tcherepanova; the Zerghins - Mme Kremnev, Bourman, Semenov, Kotchetovsky, Froman, Federov, Romanov, Rachmanov, Gavrilov, Zoboiko, Sergueiev, Kobelev;  Servantes -  Mmes. Kowalewska, Dobroloubova, Guliuk, Koultchytzka, Hohlova, Ezerska, Julitzka, Dombrovska, and the Serviteurs de Thamar -  Mm. Warzinski, Zailik, Statkevitch, Kegler, Kostecki, Goudin, Oumansky, and Zielinski. \n\n<i>Le Carnival</i> is credited as a Pantomime-Ballet in 1 act by M. Fokine, music by Robert Schumann, orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov, Liadov, Tcherepnin and Glazunov, scenes and dances by M. Michel Fokine, scenery and costumes designed by M. L. Bakst, scenery by M. Anisfeld and costumes by Mlle. Muelle. It lists the cast as Columbine- Mme. Tamar Karsavina; Chiarina - Mme. Piltz, Estrella - Mme. Baranovitch, Papillon -  Mme Nijinska; Arlequin - M. Nijinsky; Pierrot -  M. Adolf Bolm, Pantalon -  M. Cecchetti; Eusebius - M. Sergueiev; Florestan - M. Semenov; the Valse Noble -  Mmes Tcherepanova, Tchernisheva, Wasilewska, Kopytsinska Guliuk, Baranovitch; M. Bourman, Kobelov, Romanov, Warzynski, Rachmanov, Zailich, and the Philistines -  Mmes Julitzka, Ezereska, and M. Oumansky and Goudin.\n\n<i>Le Spectre de la Rose</i> is credited as a Choreographic Tableau from a poem by Th. Gautier adapted by J.L. Vaudoyer with music by C.M. Weber orchestrated by Berlioz with scenes and dances by M. Fokine and scenery and costumes by L. Bakst. La Jeune Fille is danced by Mme. Tamar Karsavina, and Le Spectre de la Rose by  M. Nijinsky.\n\n<i>Scheherazade</i>  is credited as a Choreographic Drama by Mm. L. Bakst and M. Fokine, with music by Rimsky-Korsakov, dances and scenes by M. Michel Fokine, scenery and costumes  by M. L. Bakst, scenery by Mm. Bakst, Anisfeld and Allegri, with costumes by Mlle. Muelle. The cast is listed as Zobeide - Mme. Astafieva; Schahriar, King of India and China -  M. Adolf Bolm; Schah-Zemen, his Brother -  M. Fedorov; The Grand Eunuch - M. Cecchetti; The Favourite Negro of Zobeide - M. Nijinsky; Wives of the Sultan - Mmes Kowalewska,  Baranovitch I, Baranovitch II, Julitzka, Koultchytzka, Tcherniheva, Piltz, Biber, Zaehtchilina, Konietska; First Ladies of the Harem - Mmes. Nijinska, Wasilewska, Tcherepanova,  Klementovitch, Jezierska, Kopytsinska, Dobroloubova; Second Ladies of the Harem - Mmes Guliuk, Choehlova, Goubert, Staszko, Dombrovska, Maicherska; Odalisques - Mmes. Federova, Froman, Reizen; Negroes - Mm. Warzynski, Zailich, Sergueiev, Semonov, Rakhmanov, Froman, Kowalski, Oumansky, Romanov, Kegler;  Youths - Mm. Kotchetovsky, Kobelev, Kremnev, Zoboiko, Bourman, Zielinski, Kostecki, Goudin; and Courtiers, Aides-de-Camp to the King, and Suite to the King.\n\nThe conductors were M.  Nikolai Tcherepnin for everything except <i>Thamar, </i>and Mr. Thomas Beecham for <i>Thamar</i>. The Stage Director was M. O. Allegri and the Principal Stage Manager M. S. Grigoriev.\n\nThe prices of the Private Boxes, Orchestra Stalls, Balcony Stalls, Amphitheatre Stalls and Amphitheatre are given at the bottom of the poster, with a note that the doors open half an hour before the performance commences, and the name of the printer Miles of Wardour Street.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Poster advertising the programme at the Royal Opera Covent Garden for the evening of Friday July 5, 1912 featuring the Russian Ballet 'organised by M. Serge de Diaghilew' performing <i>Thamar,</i> <i>Le Carnival,</i> <i>Le Spectre de la Rose</i>, and <i>Schéhérazade</i>. 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