Rhapsody

Rhapsody
Alina Cojocaru and Steven McRae
© ROH/ Tristram Kenton

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Scène d'amour from Raymonda (1959)


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 Alexander Glazunov (Grand adagio from Raymonda Act I, Scene 2)
C Leslie Hurry

D Raymonda: Margot Fonteyn; Jean de Brienne: Michael Somes
FP Royal Ballet, Royal Academy of Dancing Gala, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, 26 November 1959

ST Royal Ballet touring section
D Raymonda: Vyvyan Lorrayne; Jean de Brienne: Barry McGrath
FP Theatre Royal, Norwich, 5 March 1973

By other companies:

ST Ballets de Noël
D Raymonda: Margot Fonteyn; Jean de Brienne: Michael Somes
FP Théâtre de Monte Carlo, 31 December 1959

ST Margot Fonteyn World Tour
D Raymonda: Margot Fonteyn; Jean de Brienne: Ronald Hynd
FP Herod Atticus Theatre, Athens, 11 August 1963