“Birthday Variations” was commissioned by Becky D’Angelo as a birthday present to her husband Dino, who owned Chicago’s Civic Opera House, and loved Verdi’s music.
“…The result is more than a piece d’occasion. Birthday Variations, set to some of Verdi’s infectious opera-ballet music, is a sparkling showpiece of classical dancing.”
—Anna Kisselgoff, New York Times
Gerald Arpino
Giuseppe Verdi
Stanley Simmons
Thomas Skelton
Mar. 6, 1986
20 minutes
6 (1 male, 5 female)
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