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Mephisto Valse (1934)

Ballet by Frederick Ashton on a theme from Lenau's Faust


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 Franz Liszt (Mephisto Valse No 1, The Dance at the Inn from Lenau's Faust, 1862)
SC Sophie Fedorovitch

D Marguerite: Alicia Markova; Mephisto: Frederick Ashton; Faust: Walter Gore; Young Girls: Elisabeth Schooling, Doris Sonne, Peggy van Praagh; Young Men: Hugh Laing, Rollo Gamble, Frank Staff
FP Ballet Club, Mercury Theatre, London, 15 June 1934

ST Ballet Workshop
Marguerite: Paula Hinton; Mephisto: Michael Holmes; Faust: Robert Harrold
FP Mercury Theatre, London, 15 March 1953

See 1952, Vision of Marguerite