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Four Last Songs
| Choreographer |
van Dantzig, Rudi |
| First Performance | 16.5.1977 |
| Place of First Performance | Het Nationale Balle, Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam |
| Finnish premiere | 24.3.1983 |
| Place of Premiere | Finnish National Opera |
| Style | Classic Ballet |
| Scenography | Toer van Schayk |
| Costume designer | Toer van Schayk |
| Lighting Designer | Seppo Someroja |
| Performers of the premiere | Angel of Death: Veli-Pekka Peltokallio, I song: Tuuli Tuominen, Sakari Tiitinen; II song: Corinna Dahlström, Antti Honkanen; III song: Ulrika Hallberg, Jarmo Rastas; IV song: Jaana Puupponen, Kimmo Sandell. |
| Other Information |
Choreographer's assistant: Merrilee Macourt. The world premiere was performed by the Dutch National Ballet. Finnish National Ballet performed the work in the shared evening with Kain and Abel. Revival premiere in The Finnish National Ballet on November 2, 2002 as a part of a triple bill called Three Times Four. Conductor: Kari Kropsu, singer: Raili Viljakainen, lighting design: Bert Dalhuysen, choreographer's assistant: Jeannette Vondersaar, senior repetiteur: Kimmo Sandell. |
| Companies |
Finnish National Ballet |
| Dancers |
Hallberg, Ulrika: III song (1983) Rastas, Jarmo: III song (1983) Dahlström, Corinna: II song (1983) Honkanen, Antti: II song (1983) Tuominen, Tuuli: I song (1983) Tiitinen, Sakari: I song (1983) Puupponen, Jaana: IV song (1983) Sandell, Kimmo: IV song (1983) Peltokallio, Veli-Pekka: Angel of Death (1983) Hänninen, Maija (1992) Kivelä, Sampo (1992) Agüero, Carolina: III Beim Schlafengehen (2002) Kirjonen, Maki: II September (2002) Talo, Jani: II September (2002) Konkari, Anna: I Frühling (2002) Eerola, Jaakko: I Frühling (2002) Tervamäki, Minna: IV Im Abendrot (2002) Aromaa, Jukka: IV Im Abendrot (2002) Franconi, Dario: Angel of Death (2002) Kirjonen, Juha: III Beim Schlafengehen (2002) |