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Le Lac des cygnes - 23 July 1951 Evening 7.00pm
Ballet:
Performance details
Company: |
Sadler's Wells Ballet |
Venue: |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |
Performance status: |
Revival |
Conductor
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John Hollingsworth
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Leader
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Charles Taylor
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Cast |
ACT I
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Prince Siegfried
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Michael Somes |
The Princess-Mother
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Julia Farron |
Wolfgang
the Prince's tutor
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Ray Powell |
Benno
the Prince's friend
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Leslie Edwards |
Pas de Trois
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Alexis Rassine |
Pas de Trois
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Nadia Nerina |
Pas de Trois
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Rowena Jackson |
A Peasant Girl
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Anne Heaton |
Peasant Boy/Huntsman
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Desmond Doyle |
Peasant Boy/Huntsman
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Gilbert Vernon |
Peasant Boy/Huntsman
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Henry Legerton |
Peasant Boy/Huntsman
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William Barrett |
Peasant Boy/Huntsman
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Paul Reymond |
Peasant Boy/Huntsman
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Kenneth Melville |
Peasant Boy/Huntsman
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Kenneth MacMillan |
Peasant Boy/Huntsman
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Philip Chatfield |
Peasant Boy/Huntsman
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Alexander Grant |
Peasant Boy/Huntsman
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Douglas Steuart |
Peasant Boy/Huntsman
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Bryan Ashbridge |
Peasant Boy/Huntsman
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Franklin White |
Peasant Girl
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Valerie Taylor |
Peasant Girl
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Wendy Winn |
Peasant Girl
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Angela Walton |
Peasant Girl
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Jane Shore |
Peasant Girl
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Rosemary Valaire |
Peasant Girl
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Fiorella Keane |
Peasant Girl
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Anne Heaton |
Peasant Girl
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Joan Benesh |
Peasant Girl
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Anna Carne |
Peasant Girl
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Brenda Taylor |
Peasant Girl
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Dorothea Zaymes |
Peasant Girl
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Christine du Boulay |
Court Lady
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Diane Forhan |
Court Lady
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Meriel Evans |
Court Lady
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Anya Linden |
Court Lady
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Catherine Boulton |
ACT II
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Odette
the Swan Queen
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Moira Shearer |
Prince Siegfried
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Michael Somes |
Benno
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Leslie Edwards |
Cygnet
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Pauline Clayden |
Cygnet
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Margaret Dale |
Cygnet
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Dorothea Zaymes |
Cygnet
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Jill Gregory |
Swan
one of Two Swans
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Mary Drage |
Swan
one of Two Swans
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Lorna Mossford |
Swan
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Meriel Evans |
Swan
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Jane Shore |
Swan
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Angela Walton |
Swan
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Rosemary Valaire |
Swan
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Wendy Winn |
Swan
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Anne Heaton |
Swan
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Rowena Jackson |
Swan
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Christine du Boulay |
Swan
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Diane Forhan |
Swan
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Anna Carne |
Swan
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Greta Hamby |
Swan
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Fiorella Keane |
Swan
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Brenda Taylor |
Swan
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June Lesley |
Swan
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Catherine Boulton |
Swan
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Valerie Taylor |
Swan
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Deirdre Dixon |
Swan
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Anya Linden |
ACT III
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Prince Siegfried
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Michael Somes |
The Princess-Mother
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Julia Farron |
Von Rothbart
a wicked magician
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Alfred Rodrigues |
Odile
his daughter
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Moira Shearer |
Fiancée
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Mary Drage |
Fiancée
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Rosemary Valaire |
Fiancée
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Rowena Jackson |
Fiancée
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Valerie Taylor |
Fiancée
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Brenda Taylor |
Fiancée
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Greta Hamby |
Spanish Dance
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Kenneth Melville |
Spanish Dance
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Gilbert Vernon |
Spanish Dance
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Fiorella Keane |
Spanish Dance
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Nadia Nerina |
Czardas
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Alexander Grant |
Czardas
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Anne Heaton |
Czardas
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Dorothea Zaymes |
Czardas
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Jill Gregory |
Czardas
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Angela Walton |
Czardas
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Joan Benesh |
Czardas
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Ray Powell |
Czardas
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Douglas Steuart |
Czardas
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Peter Clegg |
Czardas
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Paul Reymond |
Mazurka
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Wendy Winn |
Mazurka
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Lorna Mossford |
Mazurka
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Jane Shore |
Mazurka
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Christine du Boulay |
Mazurka
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Franklin White |
Mazurka
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Bryan Ashbridge |
Mazurka
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Philip Chatfield |
Mazurka
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William Barrett |
Court Lady
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Diane Forhan |
Court Lady
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Meriel Evans |
Court Lady
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Anya Linden |
Court Lady
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Catherine Boulton |
Page
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June Lesley |
Page
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Deirdre Dixon |
Page
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Shirley Bateman |
Page
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Patricia Kirshner |
Page
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Margaret Watson |
ACT IV
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Swan
one of Two Swans
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Mary Drage |
Swan
one of Two Swans
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Lorna Mossford |
Black Cygnet
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Margaret Dale |
Black Cygnet
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Jill Gregory |
Black Cygnet
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Nadia Nerina |
Black Cygnet
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Pauline Clayden |
Black Cygnet
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Dorothea Zaymes |
Black Cygnet
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Avril Navarre |
Odette
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Moira Shearer |
Prince Siegfried
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Michael Somes |
Von Rothbart
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Alfred Rodrigues |
Swan
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Meriel Evans |
Swan
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Jane Shore |
Swan
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Angela Walton |
Swan
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Rosemary Valaire |
Swan
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Wendy Winn |
Swan
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Anne Heaton |
Swan
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Anya Linden |
Swan
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Joan Benesh |
Swan
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Diane Forhan |
Swan
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Anna Carne |
Swan
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Greta Hamby |
Swan
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Fiorella Keane |
Swan
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Brenda Taylor |
Swan
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June Lesley |
Swan
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Catherine Boulton |
Swan
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Valerie Taylor |
Swan
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Christine du Boulay |
Swan
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Rowena Jackson |
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The Covent Garden Orchestra |
Notes: |
In the programme Kenneth MacMillan's surname is spelled 'Macmillan'.
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Durations: |
Act I: 7.07-7.26pm, Act II: 7.27-7.59pm, Act III: 8.10-8.41pm, Act IV: 8.58-9.20pm |
Information source: |
Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 23 July 1951 (in Royal Opera House Collections) |