La Création du monde

La Création du monde
The Creation of the World
Darius Milhaud in 1923.
ChoreographerJean Börlin
MusicDarius Milhaud
Based onAfrican folk mythology
Premiere25 October 1923 (1923-10-25)
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
Original ballet companyBallets suédois

La Création du monde, Op. 81a, is a 15-minute-long ballet composed by Darius Milhaud in 1922–23 to a libretto by Blaise Cendrars, which outlines the creation of the world based on African folk mythology. The premiere took place on 25 October 1923 at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.

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