Apparitions (1936)

A ballet on romantic themes arranged by Constant Lambert

MUSIC

Franz Liszt, arranged by Constant Lambert, orchestrated by Gordon Jacob
Prologue: Consolation No 3 in D flat major
Valse oubliée No 1
Nocturne: Schlaflos, Frage und Antwort
Interlude: Ungarisch, from Weihnachtsbaum, No 11
Jadis, from Weihnachtsbaum, No 10
Tableau I: Polnisch, from Weihnachtsbaum, No 9
Galop in A minor
Elegy No 2
Tableau II: Evening Bells, from Weihnachtsbaum, No 9
Scherzoso, from Weihnachtsbaum, No 5
Carillon, from Weihnachtsbaum, No 6
Unstern (Sinistre, Disastro)
Tableau III: Mephisto Valse, No 3
Epilogue : R[ichard] W[agner]–Venezia
Consolation No 1, reprise

SCENERY & COSTUMES

Cecil Beaton

DANCERS

The Poet: Robert Helpmann; The Woman in Ball Dress: Margot Fonteyn; The Hussar: Harold Turner; The Monk: Maurice Brooke; Ladies of Fashion, Dandies, Belfry Spirits, etc: corps de ballet

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Vic-Wells Ballet, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, 11 February 1936

See 1956, The Beloved

New Stagings / Productions

Sadler’s Wells Ballet, 1949

NEW PRODUCTION

Sadler’s Wells Ballet; new Scenery & Costumes by Cecil Beaton (further revised 17 November 1952)

DANCERS

The Poet: Robert Helpmann; The Woman in Ball Dress: Margot Fonteyn

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Royal Opera House, London, 24 March 1949

Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet, 1957

STAGING

Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet

DANCERS

The Poet: John Field; The Woman in Ball Dress: Anne Heaton

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 28 January 1957; Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, 4 July 1957

Royal Ballet, 1970

STAGING

Royal Ballet, Tribute to Sir Frederick Ashton, Ballroom Scene (Tableau I) only

DANCERS

The Poet: Rudolf Nureyev; The Woman in Ball Dress: Margot Fonteyn

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Royal Opera House, London, 24 July 1970

Ballet for All, 1972

STAGING

Ballet for All; excerpt from Tableau 1 only

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe, 13 October 1972

London Festival Ballet, 1987

NEW PRODUCTION

London Festival Ballet

REPRODUCED BY

Jean Bedells

SCENERY & COSTUMES

William Chappell, after Cecil Beaton

DANCERS

The Poet: Peter Schaufuss; The Lady in the Ball Dress (sic): Natalia Makarova

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Coliseum, London, 13 July 1987