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The Firebird (1954)

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Ballet: Production details

Company: Sadler's Wells Ballet
Production premiere: 23 August 1954
Set designer: Natalia Goncharova
Costume designer: Natalia Goncharova
Staging: Sergey Grigoriev
Staging: Lubov Tchernicheva
Lighting designer: John Sullivan
(credited from first Royal Opera House performance, 31 August 1954)
Revival lighting designer: John B Read
(revivals in 2000, 2001, 2009, 2012, 2013)
Revival staging: Christopher Carr
(revivals 2006-2019)
Sponsor: The Friends of Covent Garden (2006 revival); The Fonteyn Circle (2012 and 2013 revival); Aud Jebsen (2019 revival); Lloyd Dorfman (2019 revival); Lady Dorfman (2019 revival); Julia Rausing (2019 revival); Hans Rausing (2019 revival); Victoria Robey (2019 revival); Simon Robertson (2019 revival); Virginia Robertson (2019 revival); The Taylor Family Foundation (2019 revival); John Burns (2019 revival); Susan Burns (2019 revival)
Performances
28 August 1954 Evening Empire Theatre, Edinburgh
31 August 1954 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
14 September 1954 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
16 December 1954 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
20 January 1955 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
22 March 1955 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
27 February 1956 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
27 March 1956 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
24 September 1956 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
3 March 1958 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
18 March 1958 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
22 August 1958 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
18 August 1959 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
31 August 1959 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
1 December 1959 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
15 December 1959 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
19 April 1961 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
20 April 1961 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
11 October 1961 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
1 February 1962 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
13 February 1962 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
26 February 1962 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
14 June 1962 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
14 July 1962 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
31 January 1963 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
5 February 1963 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
16 February 1963 Matinee Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
3 April 1963 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
28 January 1964 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
31 January 1964 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
15 February 1964 Matinee Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
22 February 1964 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
2 December 1964 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
5 December 1964 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
17 March 1965 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
27 March 1965 Matinee Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
10 October 1972 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
20 January 1973 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
23 January 1973 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
28 July 1973 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
4 April 1978 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
6 April 1978 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
7 April 1978 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
10 April 1978 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
17 July 1978 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
29 July 1978 Matinee Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
19 January 1979 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
22 January 1979 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
10 February 1979 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
16 February 1979 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
27 November 1980 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
29 November 1980 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
1 December 1980 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
9 December 1980 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
22 May 1981 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
23 May 1981 Matinee Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
25 May 1981 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
11 June 1982 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
2 July 1984 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
9 March 1985 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
24 October 1987 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
11 February 1993 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
17 February 1993 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
10 March 1993 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
16 March 1993 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
1 December 1999 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
4 December 1999 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
6 May 2000 Matinee Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
6 May 2000 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
11 May 2000 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
12 May 2000 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
17 May 2000 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
18 May 2000 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
20 May 2000 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
25 April 2001 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
26 April 2001 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
28 April 2001 Matinee 2.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
28 April 2001 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
2 May 2001 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
8 May 2001 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
9 May 2001 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
4 February 2006 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
6 February 2006 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
23 February 2006 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
25 February 2006 Matinee 12.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
28 February 2006 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
8 March 2006 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
4 May 2009 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
9 May 2009 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
19 May 2009 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
21 May 2009 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
29 May 2009 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
30 May 2009 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
22 December 2012 Matinee 12.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
29 December 2012 Matinee 1.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
29 December 2012 Evening 7.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
4 January 2013 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
9 January 2013 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
11 January 2013 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
4 June 2019 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
5 June 2019 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
7 June 2019 Matinee 12.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
8 June 2019 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
12 June 2019 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
13 June 2019 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
14 June 2019 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London