What no mention of the rarely performed Les Noes? Arguably Robbins' best ballet gives you theatricality with Oliver Smith's backdrop, no less than 4 pianos and chorus onstage as the dancers go through the process of an arranged marriage ending in the nuptial bedroom. It was choreographed for ABT in 1965 and exited their repertoire in 1984 which is a shame. I felt NYCB did a beautiful performance bringing this ballet to life.
What a lovely column!
My question: Does anyone know if Jerome Robbins read the musical scores he staged--and/or played them on the piano? Frequently, one finds information about how he listened over and over to recordings of the music he was was using, but did he also have an interactive relationship to it? And, about the recordings: Which pianists did he listen to for Chopin? For "Goldberg"? (Surely not Glenn Gould. . . .). Grateful any info.