Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

Le train bleu (1924)

ballet for ensemble


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1924
    • Duration: 22 mn 15 s
    • Publisher: Heugel
    • Opus: 84
    • Dedication: Serge Diaghilev
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Texte de Jean Cocteau.

Detailed formation
  • 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, drum kit, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 24 June 1924
    Location:

    France, Paris, Ballets Russes Diaghilev


    Performers:

    A. Messager, direction.