Cinderella (1948)

Ballet in three acts

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)

Devised and produced by Frederick Ashton
M Serge Prokofiev (ballet, opus 87)
SC Jean-Denis Malclès

D Cinderella: Moira Shearer; Cinderella's Stepsisters: Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann; Cinderella's Father: Franklin White; The Ragged Fairy Godmother: Pamela May; A Tailor: Donald Britton; The Dressmakers: Anne Negus, Margaret Dale; The Shoemaker: Paul Reymond; The Hairdresser: Leslie Edwards; A Jeweller: Henry Legerton; The Dancing Master: Harold Turner; The Coachman: Robert Lunnon; The Fairy Spring: Nadia Nerina; The Fairy Summer: Violetta Elvin; The Fairy Autumn: Pauline Clayden; The Fairy Winter: Beryl Grey; The Prince: Michael Somes; The Jester: Alexander Grant; Suitors: Alfred Rodrigues, Donald Britton; The Prince's Friends: Bryan Ashbridge, Philip Chatfield, Kenneth Melville, Kenneth MacMillan; A Negro: Ronald Kaye; Violinists, Pages, Lackeys, Stars, Courtiers, Guests, Townswomen, Footmen: corps de ballet
FP Sadler's Wells Ballet, Royal Opera House, London, 23 December 1948

NP Royal Ballet; adapted for television by Frederick Ashton; directed by Clark Jones
D Cinderella: Margot Fonteyn; The Prince: Michael Somes; Stepsisters: Frederick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan
FP NBC Television (Producers' Showcase), New York NY, 29 April 1957

ST Royal Ballet touring section
D Cinderella: Margot Fonteyn; The Prince: Michael Somes; Stepsisters: Rosemary Lindsay, Merial Evans
FP Royal Opera House, London, 14 December 1960

NP Royal Ballet; some revisions including new variation for the Fairy Godmother to music from Prokofiev's Visions fugitives, opus 22 No 7, orchestrated by John Lanchbery; SC Henry Bardon and David Walker
D Cinderella: Margot Fonteyn; The Prince: David Blair; Stepsisters: Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann; Fairy Godmother: Annette Page; The Jester: Alexander Grant; The Fairy Spring: Antoinette Sibley; The Fairy Summer: Vyvyan Lorrayne; The Fairy Autumn: Merle Park; The Fairy Winter: Deanne Bergsma
FP Royal Opera House, London, 23 December 1965

ST Royal Ballet; Tribute to Sir Frederick Ashton; pas de deux from Act II only
D Cinderella: Merle Park; The Prince: Donald MacLeary
Royal Opera House, London, 24 July 1970

ST Ballet for All; solo for Cinderella from Act I only
FP Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe, 11 October 1973

NP Royal Ballet: SC David Walker
D Cinderella: Maria Almeida; The Prince: Jonathan Cope; Stepsisters: David Bintley, Derek Deane
FP Royal Opera House, London, 16 December 1987

NP Royal Ballet: R Wendy Ellis Somes; S Toer van Schayk; C Christine Haworth
D Cinderella: Alina Cojocaru; The Prince: Johan Kobborg; Stepsisters: Anthony Dowell, Wayne Sleep; Fairy Godmother: Isabel McMeekan; Fairy Spring: Christina Elida Alerno; Fairy Summer: Lauren Cuthbertson; Fairy Autumn: Laura Morera; Fairy Winter: Zenaida Yanowsky; Jester: José Martin
FP Royal Opera House, London, 23 December 2003

ST Royal Ballet/Paris Opera Ballet; Act II pas de deux only; R Wendy Ellis Somes
D Aurélie Dupont, Jonathan Cope
FP Entente Cordiale gala, Opéra National de Paris, Palais Gamier, 29 September 2004

By other companies:

NP Ballet of La Scala, Milan; pas de deux from Act II only; SC Emmanuele Luzzati
D Cinderella: Margot Fonteyn; The Prince: Michael Somes
FP Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 11 February 1960

NP The Australian Ballet; R Robert Mead; SC Kristian Fredrikson
D Cinderella: Lucette Aldous; The Prince: Kelvin Coe; Stepsisters: Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann
FP Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown, Sydney, 17 March 1972

NP PACT Ballet; R John Hart; SC Reinhard Heinrich
D Cinderella: Dawn Weller; The Prince: Keith Rosson; Stepsisters: James Riveros, Wilhelm Schoeman
FP Civic Theatre, Johannesburg, 25 August 1972

ST Het Nationale Ballet, under the title Assepoester: R Michael Somes and Faith Worth; SC David Walker
FP Muziektheater, Amsterdam, 17 December 1987

ST Kungliga Teaterns Balett (Royal Swedish Ballet); R Michael Somes and Faith Worth; SC David Walker
FP Opera House, Stockholm, 20 April 1991