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[Tannhäuser] (1938)

Opera by Richard Wagner (Paris version, 1861)


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)



Produced by Clive Carey
Ballet arranged by Frederick Ashton
SC Charles Reading

Cast: Arthur Carson, Molly de Gunst, Joan Cross, Arnold Matters
Venusberg Scene
D The Three Graces: Pamela May, June Brae, Joy Newton; Eros: Richard Ellis and corps de ballet

FP Vic-Wells Opera, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, 2 November 1938