Orpheus is a thirty-minute ballet composed by Igor Stravinsky in collaboration with choreographer George Balanchine in Hollywood, California in 1947. The work was commissioned by the Ballet Society, which Balanchine founded together with Lincoln Kirstein and of which he was ballet master. Sets and costumes were created by Isamu Noguchi.
| Premiered | 1948, April 28th (City Center of Music and Drama) in New York, NY, United States by Igor Stravinsky |
| Type | Ballet |
| Approx. duration | 30 minutes |
| Instruments | Orchestra |
| Autotranslations beta |
Igor Stravinsky: Orpheus Igor' Fëdorovič Stravinskij: Orpheus Igor Strawinsky: Orpheus |