Antigone

Ballet: Work details

Choreographer: John Cranko
Composer: Mikis Theodorakis
Music title: Antigone
Librettist: John Cranko
Work definition: Ballet in one act
Based on: Freely based on the tragedy 'Antigone' by Sophocles
World premiere: 19 October 1959, The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
ROH premiere: 19 October 1959, The Royal Ballet
ROH company premiere: 19 October 1959, The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Productions
Antigone (1959) The Royal Ballet (23 performances online)