Rhapsody

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Alina Cojocaru and Steven McRae
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Horoscope (1938)

Ballet in one act by Constant Lambert


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 Constant Lambert
Curtain SC Sophie Fedorovitch

D The Young Man (Sun in Leo, Moon in Gemini): Michael Somes; The Young Woman (Sun in Virgo, Moon in Gemini): Margot Fonteyn; The Gemini: Richard Ellis, Alan Carter; The Moon: Pamela May; Followers of Leo, Followers of Virgo, Attendants on the Moon: corps de ballet
FP Vic-Wells Ballet, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, 27 January 1938

ST Royal Ballet; Tribute to Sir Frederick Ashton; solo for The Moon only
D Vyvyan Lorrayne
Royal Opera House, London, 24 July 1970

ST Ballet for All; Young Man's solo only
FP Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe, 13 October 1972