“I attended the first performance of El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat), by Manuel de Falla. Although already mad Nijinsky, Diaghilev’s Russian ballet continued to amaze the world whilst removing it from the traditional artistic environment. At the premiere, in addition to discovering the exciting rhythm of flamenco, deeply loved by de Falla, all the grace and creative drive of Picasso was revealed to me. That wonderful indigo curtain on that suggestive jumper with the black eyes, those boiling lime walls and well, all that simple and warm geometry merging that vibrant hub and those colorful dancers!”. (Rafael Alberti, La arboleda perdida).
Cartel con el anuncio de la actuación de los Ballets Russes en el Théâtre National de I’Opéra de París, con la representación de Le tricorne de Manuel de Falla, entre otras piezas, 23 de enero de 1920. Archivo Manuel de Falla, Granada.