Ivan Allen (June 29, 1930 – May 7, 2012) was an American

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dancer who was active as a principal dancer with the

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during the 1950s and early 1960s. He became a principal soloist with the

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in 1964, making his debut with the company in

Jules Massenet Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are '' Manon'' (1884) and ''Werther' ...

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Manon ''Manon'' () is an ''opéra comique'' in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel '' L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut'' by the Abbé Prévost. It was first ...

'' on November 18, 1964. He appeared with the company 288 times over the next 14 years, making his last appearance on January 12, 1978 in

Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wag ...

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Der Rosenkavalier (''The Knight of the Rose'' or ''The Rose-Bearer''), Op. 59, is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is loosely adapted from the novel ''Les amours du chevalier de Faublas'' ...

''. Ivan Allen died on May 7, 2012.Ivan G. Allen Obituary
New York Times. May 13, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2012.

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