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de ballet
M Igor Stravinsky (1944)
SC André Beaurepaire
D Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Alexander Grant, Donald Britton, John
Field, Philip Chatfield, and corps de ballet
FP Sadler's Wells Ballet, Royal Opera House, London, 11 February 1948
NP Ballett der Deutschen
Oper; R Monica Parker and Ray Barra;
performed in practice dress, without scenery:
D Silvia Kesselheim, Klaus Beelitz
FP Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 11 March 1968
ST Het Nationale Ballet;
R Faith Worth and Wayne Eagling:
FP Muziektheater, Amsterdam, 21 March 1992
NP Ballet de Nice;
R Faith Worth; SC (new) André Beaurepaire:
D Charlotte Chapellier, Michele Politi
FP Opéra de Nice, 8 December 1995
ST Birmingham Royal
Ballet; R Malin Thorrs-Watt and Antoinette Sibley:
D Nao Sakuma, Sergiu Pobereznic
FP Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, 14 April 2000
ST Kungliga Baletten
Operan Stockholm (Royal Swedish Ballet):
R Malin Thorrs-Watt:
D Nathalie Nordquist, Oscar Salomonsson
FP Operan, Stockholm, 15 February 2002
[La
Traviata]
Opera in three acts by Francesco Piave, from the play La Dame aux Camélias
by Alexandre Dumas fils; English version by Edward J Dent
M Giuseppe Verdi (1853)
Production by Tyrone Guthrie, with the assistance of Frederick Ashton
SC Sophie Fedorovitch
Cast: Marguerite (sic): Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Armand Duval (sic): Kenneth
Neate
FP Covent Garden Opera, Royal Opera House, London, 6 April 1948
Don
Juan
A Choreographic Impression by Frederick Ashton (subtitle added
13 September 1952)
M Richard Strauss (Symphonic Poem, opus 20)
SC Edward Burra
D Don Juan: Robert Helpmann; "La Morte Amoureuse": Margot Fonteyn;
Her Attendants: Alfred Rodrigues, Bryan Ashbridge; A Young Wife: Moira
Shearer; Her Husband: Richard Ellis; Amours: Anne Heaton, Gerd Larsen,
Julia Farron, Rosemary Lindsay, Nadia Nerina, Gillian Lynne; Rivals: John
Field, Kenneth Melville, Philip Chatfield; Carnaval: corps de ballet
FP Sadler's Wells Ballet, Royal Opera House, London, 25 November 1948
Cinderella
Ballet in three acts
Devised and produced by Frederick Ashton
M Serge Prokofiev (ballet, opus 87)
SC Jean-Denis Malclès
D Cinderella: Moira Shearer; Cinderella's Stepsisters: Frederick Ashton,
Robert Helpmann; Cinderella's Father: Franklin White; The Ragged Fairy
Godmother: Pamela May; A Tailor: Donald Britton; The Dressmakers: Anne
Negus, Margaret Dale; The Shoemaker: Paul Reymond; The Hairdresser: Leslie
Edwards; A Jeweller: Henry Legerton; The Dancing Master: Harold Turner;
The Coachman: Robert Lunnon; The Fairy Spring: Nadia Nerina; The Fairy
Summer: Violetta Elvin; The Fairy Autumn: Pauline Clayden; The Fairy Winter:
Beryl Grey; The Prince: Michael Somes; The Jester: Alexander Grant; Suitors:
Alfred Rodrigues, Donald Britton; The Prince's Friends: Bryan Ashbridge,
Philip Chatfield, Kenneth Melville, Kenneth MacMillan; A Negro: Ronald
Kaye; Violinists, Pages, Lackeys, Stars, Courtiers, Guests, Townswomen,
Footmen: corps de ballet
FP Sadler's Wells Ballet, Royal Opera House, London, 23 December 1948
NP Royal Ballet; adapted
for television by Frederick Ashton;
directed by Clark Jones:
D Cinderella: Margot Fonteyn; The Prince: Michael Somes;
Stepsisters: Frederick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan
FP NBC Television (Producers' Showcase), New York NY,
29 April 1957
ST Royal Ballet touring
section; D Cinderella: Margot Fonteyn;
The Prince: Michael Somes; Stepsisters: Rosemary Lindsay, Merial Evans;
FP Royal Opera House, London, 14 December 1960
NP Royal Ballet; some
revisions including new variation for the Fairy Godmother to music from
Prokofiev's Visions fugitives, opus 22 No 7, orchestrated by John Lanchbery;
SC Henry Bardon and David Walker:
D Cinderella: Margot Fonteyn; The Prince: David Blair; Stepsisters: Frederick
Ashton, Robert Helpmann; Fairy Godmother: Annette Page; The Jester: Alexander
Grant; The
Fairy Spring: Antoinette Sibley; The Fairy Summer: Vyvyan Lorrayne; The
Fairy Autumn: Merle Park; The Fairy Winter:
Deanne Bergsma
FP Royal Opera House, London, 23 December 1965
ST Royal
Ballet; Tribute to Sir Frederick Ashton; pas de deux from Act II only;
D Cinderella: Merle Park; The Prince: Donald MacLeary; Royal Opera House,
London, 24 July 1970
ST Ballet for All; solo for Cinderella from Act I only; FP Spa Pavilion,
Felixstowe, 11 October 1973
ST Royal Ballet/Paris Opera Ballet; Act II pas de deux only; R Wendy
Ellis Somes:
D Aurélie Dupont, Jonathan Cope
FP Entente Cordiale gala, Opéra National de Paris, Palais Garnier,
29 September 2004
NP Royal Ballet: SC
David Walker:
D Cinderella: Maria Almeida; The Prince: Jonathan Cope;
Stepsisters: David Bintley, Derek Deane
FP Royal Opera House, London, 16 December 1987
NP Royal Ballet: R
Wendy Ellis Somes; S Toer van Schayk; C Christine Haworth:
D Cinderella: Alina Cojocaru; The Prince: Johan Kobborg;
Stepsisters: Anthony Dowell, Wayne Sleep; Fairy Godmother:
Isabel McMeekan; Fairy Spring: Christina Elida Salerno;
Fairy Summer: Lauren Cuthbertson; Fairy Autumn: Laura Morera;
Fairy Winter: Zenaida Yanowsky; Jester: José Martin
FP Royal Opera House, London, 23 December 2003
By other companies:
NP Ballet of La Scala,
Milan; pas de deux from Act II only;
SC Emmanuele Luzzati:
D Cinderella: Margot Fonteyn; The Prince: Michael Somes;
FP Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 11 February 1960
NP The Australian
Ballet; R Robert Mead; SC Kristian Fredrikson:
D Cinderella: Lucette Aldous; The Prince: Kelvin Coe: Stepsisters: Frederick
Ashton, Robert Helpmann
FP Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown, Sydney, 17 March 1972
NP PACT Ballet; R
John Hart; SC Reinhard Heinrich:
D Cinderella: Dawn Weller; The Prince: Keith Rosson;
Stepsisters: James Riveros, Wilhelm Schoeman
FP Civic Theatre, Johannesburg, 25 August 1972
ST Het Nationale Ballet,
under the title Assepoester:
R Michael Somes and Faith Worth; SC David Walker:
FP Muziektheater, Amsterdam, 17 December 1987
ST Kungliga Teaterns
Balett (Royal Swedish Ballet); R Michael Somes and Faith Worth; SC David
Walker: FP Opera House, Stockholm, 20 April 1991
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by David Vaughan
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