Casse Noisette (1951)

A Ballet in three scenes by Constant LambertTwo scenes from a ballet in two acts and three scenes by Lev Ivanov, after Alexandre Dumas's version of E T A Hoffmann's Histoire d'un casse-noisette. Choreography by Lev Ivanov, revised by Frederick Ashton

MUSIC

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (ballet, opus 71)

SCENERY & COSTUMES

Cecil Beaton

DANCERS

Scene 1. The Kingdom of Snow
The Queen: Svetlana Beriosova; The King: Robert Lunnon; Snowflakes: corps de ballet

Scene 2. The Kingdom of Sweets
The Sugar Plum Fairy: Elaine Fifield; The Nutcracker Prince: David Blair; Sugar Sticks: Patricia Miller, Carlu Carter, Stella Farrance, Annette Page, Veronica Vail; Chocolate from Spain: Sheilah O’Reilly, Margaret Sear, Pirmin Trecu; Coffee from Arabia: Stella Claire, Arnott Mader, Graham McCormack, Peter Wright; Tea from China: David Gill, Maurice Metliss; Nougat from Russia: Donald Britton, Stanley Holden, Donald McAlpine, Walter Trevor; Crystallised Flowers: Maryon Lane and corps de ballet

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, 11 September 1951

See 1954, Trepak