The Tale of the Stone Flower (Prokofiev)

118 (Russian: Сказ о каменном цветке), is Sergei Prokofiev's eighth and last ballet, written between 1948 and 1953.

It is based on the Russian Ural folk tale The Stone Flower by Pavel Bazhov and is also the last of the trilogy of ballets Prokofiev wrote in the Russian ballet tradition.

12 February 1954, Bolshoi Theater, Moscow, conducted by Yuri Fayer.

Dancers included Marina Kondratieva [ru] (one of the title roles), Raisa Struchkova (Yekaterina), Galina Ulanova (Yekaterina's sister), Aleksey Yermolayev (Severyan), Maya Plisetskaya (Icy Rusalka of the Copper Mountain), Vladimir Preobrazhensky [ru] (Danila's brother), Gennadi Lediakh [ru] (one of the good bailiffs), and Yuri Grigoriev [ru] (Danila) and more.

[1] As usual, Prokofiev extracted music from the ballet for concert performance.