La Belle dame sans merci
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Ballet: Work details
| Choreographer: |
Andrée Howard |
| Composer: |
Alexander Goehr |
| Music title: |
La belle dame sans merci (1958) |
| Work definition: |
Ballet in one act |
| Based on: |
Based on the poem of the same title by John Keats |
| Notes: |
Music based on 'Chansons mesurés' (rhymed madrigals) from a madrigal collection 'Le Printemps' (1600) by Claude le Jeune and Clément Jannequin.
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| World premiere: |
4 September 1958, Edinburgh International Ballet, Empire Theatre, Edinburgh |
| ROH premiere: |
2 September 1959, The Royal Ballet |
| ROH company premiere: |
2 September 1959, The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |