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Le Baiser de la Fée (1935)

Allegorical Ballet in four tableaux by Igor Stravinsky, after Hans Andersen's The Ice Maiden


Abbreviations:
M Music by
S Scenery by
C Costumes by
D Danced by
FP First performance
NP New production
R Reproduced by
ST Staging (indicates that the ballet was produced in substantially its original form)



M Igor Stravinsky, inspired by the muse of Tchaikovsky (1928)
SC Sophie Fedorovitch

D A Mother: Ursula Moreton; The Fairy: Pearl Argyle; The Young Man: Harold Turner; His Fiancée: Margot Fonteyn; Spirits, The Villagers, The Bridesmaids: corps de ballet
FP Vic-Wells Ballet, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London 26 November 1935

ST Royal Ballet, Tribute to Sir Frederick Ashton; excerpt from scene 3 only
D The Bride: Jennifer Penney
Royal Opera House, 24 July 1970