''Nightingale'' is a ballet created in 1939 by

Aleksey Yermolayev Aleksey Nikolayevich Yermolayev (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Ермола́ев; 12 December 1975) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher. He played an important role in the development of Russian ba ...

and Fedor Lopukhov to music by Mikhail Kroshner. The libretto by Yermolayev and Yuri Slonimsky is based on a story by Źmitrok Biadula. ''Nightingale'' is the first Belarusian ballet to be staged at the

National Opera and Ballet of Belarus The National Academic Grand Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Нацыянальны акадэмічны Вялікі тэатр оперы і балета) is located in a park in the Trinity Hill district of Minsk. Loc ...

, on 5 November 1939.''Writings on Ballet and Music'', 2003, p. 192.

References

Notes Sources * Craine, Debra and Mackrell, Judith (2010). ''The Oxford Dictionary of Dance''. Oxford University Press. * Lopukhov, Fedor (2003). ''Writings on Ballet and Music''. University of Wisconsin Press. Ballet in Belarus 1939 ballet premieres Soviet ballets {{Belarus-stub