MUSIC
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)
SCENERY & COSTUMES
Julia Trevelyan Oman
DANCERS
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
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, London, 12 February 1976
New Stagings / Productions
National Ballet of Canada, 1995
STAGING
National Ballet of Canada
REPRODUCED BY
Anthony Dowell
DANCERS
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
FIRST PERFORMANCE
O’Keefe Centre, Toronto, Canada, 3 May 1995
Copyright © 2004 by David Vaughan
This listing is part of a chronology that was originally published in Vaughan’s Frederick Ashton and His Ballets (Alfred E Knopf 1976; 2nd ed., London: Dance Books, 1999) and includes new productions added since then, and up until 2007