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May 15, 2007

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - The 2006 / 2007 Season Finale will be held at the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth on Friday, June 22nd at 8:00 p.m.

The program will consist of significant world premiere works by company artistic directors, Paul Mejia and Alexander Vetrov.

The program will open with Mr. Mejia's Jeux (Games), a delightful pas de trios involving a boy, two girls and a playful game of tennis. The ballet is set to Claude Debussy's Jeux, the last and perhaps finest orchestral work written by the French composer. It was originally intended to accompany Nijinsky's choreography for Serge Diaghilev's Ballet Russes, which premiered in 1913 in Paris.

The program will conclude with Mr. Vetrov's Joaquin Murieta, a two-act Rock Opera-ballet based on the life, love and death of the legendary bandito character from the gold rush days of the Wild West. The ballet is set to music by Alexei Rybnikov with lyrics by Pavel Grushko based on motives from Paul Neruda's dramatic cantata about Murieta. Mr. Rybnikov, a prominent composer and musician based in Moscow, has established a fascinating, multi-dimensional career, composing for film and other projects in Russia and around the world. Read the lyrics (pdf file.)

Yevgeni Anfinogenov, Olga Pavlova, Marina Goshko
Image by Sharon K. Nolan

Programming and program order for all productions are subject to change without notice.

Tickets for The Season Finale range in price from $10 - $30 and are available through the Bass Performance Hall Ticket Office at (817) 212-4280; toll free at (877) 212-4280, or online at www.basshall.com. Season, group and individual tickets may be purchased at the Metropolitan Classical Ballet administration office by calling (817) 465-4644 or at 500 West Abram Street in Arlington, Texas.

Metropolitan Classical Ballet 2006 / 2007 season is made possible in part by its generous sponsors: American Airlines, The University of Texas at Arlington, and the law firm of Hill Gilstrap.

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Media Note: Further information and photos may be obtained by calling Metropolitan Classical Ballet at (817) 465-4644.