Persephone (1961)

Melodrama in three scenes by Andre Gide

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 Igor Stravinsky (melodrama in three scenes, 1933-1934)
SC Nico Ghika

D Persephone: Svetlana Beriosova; Mercury: Alexander Grant; Pluto, King of the Underworld: Keith Rosson; Demeter, Mother of Persephone: Gerd Larsen; Demaphoön, Persephone's earthly husband: Derek Rencher; Eumolpus, the High Priest (tenor): André Turp; Friends of Persephone: Georgina Parkinson, Christine Beckley, Monica Mason, Audrey Farris, Pamela Moncur; Oceanides: Deanne Bergsma, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Betty Kavanagh, Rosalind Eyre, Louanne Richards, Heather Clipperton; Hours: same as Oceanides; Nymphs, Shades, Attendants; Adolescents: corps de ballet
FP Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 12 December 1961

ST Royal Ballet; Tribute to Sir Frederick Ashton; excerpt only
D Persephone: Svetlana Beriosova; Mercury: Alexander Grant; Demeter: Gerd Larsen; Demaphoön: Derek Rencher
Royal Opera House, London, 24 July 1970