A Month in the Country (1976)
Ballet in one act freely adapted from Ivan Turgenev's play
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 Frédéric Chopin, arranged by John Lanchbery (Variations on
"Là ci darem" from Mozart's Don Giovanni, Opus 2; Fantasy on
Polish airs, Opus 13; Andante spianato and Grande polonaise in
E flat major, Opus 22)
Curtain SC Julia Trevelyan Oman
D Natalia Petrovna: Lynn Seymour; Yslaev, her husband:
Alexander Grant; Kolia, their son: Wayne Sleep; Vera, Natalia's
ward: Denise Nunn; Rakitin, Natalia's admirer: Derek Rencher;
Katia, a maid: Marguerite Porter; Matvei, a footman: Anthony
Conway; Beliaev, Kolia's tutor: Anthony Dowell
FP Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, London, 12 February 1976
By other companies:
ST National Ballet of Canada; R Anthony Dowell
D Natalia
Petrovna: Karen Kain; Yslaev: Hazaros Surmeyan; Kolia: Johan
Persson; Vera: Jaimie Tapper; Rakitin: Graeme Mears; Katia:
Sally-Anne Hickin; Matvei: Brenda Matthews; Beliaev: Robert Conn
FP O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Canada, 3 May 1995
Copyright © 2004 by David Vaughan