Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird / Gergiev · Vienna Philarmonic · Salzburg Festival 2000

“The Firebird” is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Michel Fokine, with a scenario by Alexandre Benois and Fokine based on the Russian fairy tales of the Firebird and the blessing and curse it possesses for its owner. When first performed at the Opéra de Paris on 25 June 1910, the work was an instant success with both audience and critics.
The ballet has historic significance not only as Stravinsky's breakthrough piece, but also as the beginning of the collaboration between Diaghilev and Stravinsky that would also produce the acclaimed ballets Petrushka (1911) and The Rite of Spring (1913).

“Pasarea de foc” este un balet si concert orchestral compus  de compozitorul rus Igor Stravinsky. A fost scris pentru sezonul parizian din 1910 al companiei ruse de balet a lui Serghei Diaghilev; coregrafia originala a fost a lui Michel Fokine, cu un scenariu al lui Alexandre Benois si Fokine s-a bazat pe povestile ruse ale pasarii de foc, cu blestemele si binecuvantarile pe care le aduce asupra celui ce o detine. Cand a fost premiera la Opera din Paris pe 25 iunie 1910, succesul a fost instantaneu, atat de la public, cat si de la critica.
Baletul are o semnificatie istorica, nu numai pentru ca a fost o “lovitura” reusita de Stravinsky, dar a fost si inceputul colaborarii Diaghilev-Stravinsky, care au produs aclamatele spectacole de balet Petrushka (1911) si Ritualul primaverii (1913).