Daphnis and Chlöe (1951)
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 Maurice Ravel (ballet, 1909 - 1912)
Curtain SC John Craxton
D Chlöe, a shepherdess: Margot Fonteyn; Daphnis, a goat-herd: Michael Somes; Lykanion, a young married woman from the town: Violetta Elvin; Dorkon, a herdsman: John Field; Bryaxis, a pirate chief: Alexander Grant; Pan: Alfred Rodrigues; Nymphs of Pan: Rosemary Lindsay, Gillian Lynne, Julia Farron; Shepherdesses, Shepherds, Pirates, Pirate Women, Dryads*, Fauns*: corps de ballet
*omitted from 4 July 1951
FP Sadler's Wells Ballet, Royal Opera House, London, 3 April 1951
NP Royal Ballet; SC Martyn Bainbridge
D Chlöe: Trinidad Sevillano; Daphnis: Stuart Casssidy; Lykanion: Benazir Hussein; Dorkon: Adam Cooper; Bryaxis: Matthew Hart
FP Royal Opera House, London, 10 November 1994
NP Royal Ballet; Curtain SC John Craxton
D Chlöe: Jaimie Tapper; Daphnis: Federico Bonelli; Lykanion: Marianela Nuñez; Dorkon: Thiago Soares; Bryaxis: Bennet Gartside
FP Royal Opera House, London, 8 May 2004
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