Rhapsody

Rhapsody
Alina Cojocaru and Steven McRae
© ROH/ Tristram Kenton

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Voices of Spring (1977)

Explosionspolka and Frühlingsstimmerwalzer from Die Fledermaus, Operetta in three acts by Carl Haffner and Richard Genée, after Le Réveillon by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy


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 Johann Strauss Jr (1874)
Produced by Leopold Lindtberg
SC Julia Trevelyan Oman
Choreography by Frederick Ashton

Explosionspolka
D Ensemble (six couples)
Frühlingsstimmerwaltz
D Merle Park, Wayne Eagling
FP Royal Opera, Royal Opera House, London, 31 December 1977

ST Gala Performance; Frühlingsstimmerwaltz, under the title Voices of Spring
D Merle Park, Wayne Eagling
Ambassador Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, 21 September 1978

ST Royal Ballet; under the title Voices of Spring
D Merle Park, Wayne Eagling
FP Royal Opera House, London, 2 April 1981

ST Het Nationale Ballet; under the title Voices of Spring: R Wayne Eagling
FP Muziektheater, Amsterdam, 18 October 1989

ST Birmigham Royal Ballet; under the title Voices of Spring; R Ann Whitley
D Amabra Vallo, Robert Parker
FP Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, UK, 5 April 2000

ST An Evening of British Ballet; under the title Voices of Spring; C Julia Trevelyan Oman
D Alina Cojocaru, Johann Kobborg
FP Festival de Sintra, Portugal, 23 July 2004