Harvest According, The (1952) EditBased on de Mille’s dances for the musical Bloomer Girl and inspired by Walt Whitman’s lines, “Life is the tillage and death is the harvest according.” | Premiere date: | October 01, 1952 | | Premiered at: | Metropolitan Opera House, New York | | Music: | Virgil Thomson's Concerto for Violoncello and excerpts from his film scores. | | Decor: | Lemuel Ayers | | Lighting: | | | Costumes: | Lemuel Ayers | | Book: | | | Plot: | Birth, childhood and death in the Civil War |
| Choreography Agnes De
Original Cast Gemze De Lappe
Kelly Brown
Jenny Workman
Ruth Ann Koesun
In Repertory |
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