Performance—King Roger

Bolero is Spanish-flavoured ballet. Boléro was given its first performance at the Paris Opéra on November 20, 1928. The premiere was acclaimed by a shouting, stamping, cheering audience in the midst of which a woman was heard screaming: “Au fou, au fou!” (“Madman! Mmadman!”). When Ravel was told of this, he reportedly replied, “That lady… she understood.”