Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (1916-1983)

Estancia (1941)

ballet in one act and five tableaux, "inspired by scenes from Argentinian rural life"


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date : 1941
    • Duration : 35 mn
    • Publisher : Boosey & Hawkes, et Barry
    • Opus : 8
    • Commission: Lincoln Kirstein pour le American Ballet Caravan
    • Dedication : à Lincoln Kirstein
    • Libretto (details, author) :

      Citations de Martín Fierro de José Hernández

Detailed formation
  • 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, 5 percussionists, piano, strings, solo baritone

Premiere information

  • Date : 19 August 1952
    Location :

    Argentine, Buenos Aires, Teatro Colón


    Performers :

    Juan Emilio Martini : direction musicale, Michael Borowski : chorégraphie, Dante Ortolani : décors.