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  • 1960s

La Fille mal gardée (1960)

Ballet in two acts and three scenes after Jean Dauberval

MUSIC

Ferdinand Hérold, freely adapted and arranged by John Lanchbery from the 1828 version

CURTAIN, SCENERY & COSTUMES

Osbert Lancaster

DANCERS

Widow Simone, a rich farmer: Stanley Holden; Lise, her daughter: Nadia Nerina; Colas, a young farmer in love with Lise: David Blair; Thomas, a prosperous vineyard owner: Leslie Edwards; Alain, his son: Alexander Grant; Village Notary: Franklin White; His Secretary: Maurice Metliss; Cockerel: Laurence Ruffell; Hens: Margaret Lyons, Robin Haig, Maureen Maitland, Gloria Bluemel; Villagers, Harvesters, Grooms, etc: corps de ballet

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, London, 28 January 1960

New Stagings / Productions

Royal Ballet touring section, 1962

STAGING

Royal Ballet touring section

DANCERS

(principals) as above

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Hippodrome, Bristol, 9 November 1962

Ballet for All, 1964

NEW PRODUCTION

Ballet for All; abridged version devised by Peter Brinson and arranged by John Field as a ballet-play entitled “Ashton and La Fille mal gardée”

SCENERY

Peter Courtier, after Osbert Lancaster

COSTUMES

Osbert Lancaster

DANCERS

Lise: Brenda Last; Colas: John Sale

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Manor Court Modern School, Portsmouth, 13 September 1964

Royal Ballet School, 1972

STAGING

Royal Ballet School

REPRODUCED BY

Faith Worth, Lynn Wallis, and David Gayle

DANCERS

Widow Simone: Ronald Emblen; Lise: Jennifer Jackson; Colas: Robert Huguenin; Alain: Denis Bonner

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Royal Opera House, London, 24 June 1972

By other companies

Margot Fonteyn World Tour, 1963

STAGING

Margot Fonteyn World Tour; pas de deux only

DANCERS

Lise: Annette Page; Colas: Royes Fernandez

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Herod Atticus Theatre, Athens, 9 August 1963

Royal Danish Ballet, 1964

STAGING

Royal Danish Ballet; under the title Den Slet Bevogdtede Datter

REPRODUCED BY

Frederick Ashton

DANCERS

Widow Simone: Niels Bjørn Larsen; Lise: Solveig Østergaard; Colas: Niels Kehlet; Alain: Fredbjørn Bjørnsson

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen, 16 January 1964

The Australian Ballet, 1967

STAGING

The Australian Ballet

REPRODUCED BY

Elphine Allen

DANCERS

Widow Simone: Ray Powell; Lise: Marilyn Jones; Colas: Bryan Lawrence; Alain: Alan Alder

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, 12 October 1967

PACT Ballet, 1969

STAGING

PACT Ballet

REPRODUCED BY

John Hart

DANCERS

Widow Simone: Petrus Bosman; Lise: Merle Park; Colas: Anthony Dowell; Alain: Ken Yeatman

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Civic Theatre, Johannesburg, 4 September 1969

Hungarian State Ballet, 1971

NEW PRODUCTION

Hungarian State Ballet

SCENERY

Gábor Forray

COSTUMES

Tivadar Máark

DANCERS

Widow Simone: Viktor Fülöp; Lise: Zsuzsa Kun; Colas: Viktor Rona; Alain: Levente Speki

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Opera House, Budapest, 28 March 1971

Ballet of the Bayerische Staatsoper, 1971

STAGING

Ballet of the Bayerische Staatsoper

REPRODUCED BY

Annette Page and Ronald Hynd, with Cherry Trevarkis, choreologist

DANCERS

Widow Simone: Michel de Lutry; Lise: Gislinde Skroblin; Colas: Heinz Bosl; Alain: Ferenc Barbay

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, 18 May 1971

Royal Swedish Ballet, 1972

STAGING

Royal Swedish Ballet

DANCERS

Widow Simone: Istvan Kirsch; Lise: Kerstin Lidström; Colas: Imre Dózsa; AIain: Markko Heinonen

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Opera House, Stockholm, 1 April 1972

State Ballet of Turkey, 1973

STAGING

State Ballet of Turkey

REPRODUCED BY

Faith Worth

DANCERS

Lise: Meriç Sümen

FIRST PERFORMANCE

National Theatre, Ankara, 24 November 1973

Ballet of the Opernhaus, Zurich, 1974

STAGING

Ballet of the Opernhaus, Zurich

REPRODUCED BY

Faith Worth

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Opernhaus, Zurich, 12 October 1974

National Ballet of Canada, 1976

STAGING

National Ballet of Canada

REPRODUCED BY

Faith Worth, Michael Somes

DANCERS

Widow Simone: Jacques Gorissen; Lise: Karen Kain; Colas: Frank Augustyn; AIain: David Roxander

FIRST PERFORMANCE

O’Keefe Center, Toronto, 17 November 1976

Ballet of the Teatr Wielki, 1977

STAGING

Ballet of the Teatr Wielki

REPRODUCED BY

Faith Worth

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Teatr Wielki, Warsaw, 17 April 1977

San Francisco Ballet, 1978

STAGING

San Francisco Ballet

REPRODUCED BY

Faith Worth, Christopher Newton

FIRST PERFORMANCE

War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco CA, 10 January 1978

Ballet of the Teatro Municipal, 1983

STAGING

Ballet of the Teatro Municipal

REPRODUCED BY

Faith Worth

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro, 18 April 1983

Ballett der Wiener Staatsoper, 1986

STAGING

Ballett der Wiener Staatsoper; under the title Das übelggehütete Mädchen (retitled List und Liebe, 2002)

REPRODUCED BY

Michael Somes, Faith Worth

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Theater an der Wien, Vienna, 11 March 1986

The Joffrey Ballet (Act I Scene 2 pas de deux), 1986

STAGING

The Joffrey Ballet; Act I Scene 2 pas de deux only

DANCERS

Lise: Yoko Ichino; Colas: Fernando Bujones

FIRST PERFORMANCE

New York State Theater, New York NY, 1 April 1986

The Joffrey Ballet (Full Production), 1986

STAGING

The Joffrey Ballet

REPRODUCED BY

Alexander Grant, Faith Worth

DANCERS

Widow Simone: Stanley Holden; Lise: Tina LeBlanc; Colas: David Palmer; Alain: Edward Stierle

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles CA, 11 September 1986; City Center Theater, New York NY, 16 October 1986

Das Essener Ballett, 1989

STAGING

Das Essener Ballett; under the title Die schlecht behütete Tochter

REPRODUCED BY

Faith Worth

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Aalto-Theater Essen, 4 November 1989

Houston Ballet, 1992

STAGING

Houston Ballet

REPRODUCED BY

David Scott, Alexander Grant

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Brown Theater, Houston TX, 11 June 1992

Gothenburg Ballet, 1995

STAGING

Gothenburg Ballet

REPRODUCED BY

Alexander Grant and David Scott

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Gothenburg Opera, 4 January 1995

Ballett der Vereinigten Bühnen Graz

STAGING

Ballett der Vereinigten Bühnen Graz

REPRODUCED BY

Alexander Grant

FIRST PERFORMANCE

TK

Royal New Zealand Ballet, 1997

STAGING

Royal New Zealand Ballet

REPRODUCED BY

Alexander Grant

FIRST PERFORMANCE

State Insurance Opera House, Wellington, 1 March 1997

Ballet dell’Opera Roma, 1997

STAGING

Ballet dell’Opera Roma

REPRODUCED BY

Emilio Martins and Alexander Grant

DANCERS

Lise: Margaret Illman; Colas: Raffaele Paganini

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Opera, Rome, 13 June 1997

Stuttgart Ballet, 2000

STAGING

Stuttgart Ballet

REPRODUCED BY

Alexander Grant and Jane Elliott

DANCERS

Lise: Patricia Salgado; Colas: Filip Barankiewicz

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Staatstheater, Stuttgart, 12 May 2000

Hong Kong Ballet, 2000

STAGING

Hong Kong Ballet

REPRODUCED BY

Alexander Grant and Emilio Martins

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Hong Kong Cultural Centre Grand Theatre, 3 August 2000

Bolshoi Ballet, 2002

STAGING

Bolshoi Ballet; under the title Vain Precautions (Tscjetnaja Prjedastorozhnost)

REPRODUCED BY

Alexander Grant and Emilio Martins

DANCERS

Lise: Svetlana Lunkina; Colas: Andrei Bolotin; Simone: Alexander Petukhov; Alain: Gennady Yanin

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, 29 January 2002

American Ballet Theatre, 2002

STAGING

American Ballet Theatre

REPRODUCED BY

Alexander Grant, Christopher Carr, Grant Coyle

DANCERS

Lise: Ashley Tuttle; Colas: Ethan Stiefel; Simone: Kirk Peterson; Alain: Joaquin de Luz

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Metropolitan Opera House, New York NY, 31 April 2002

Boston Ballet, 2003

STAGING

Boston Ballet

REPRODUCED BY

Alexander Grant, Christopher Carr, Grant Coyle

DANCERS

Lise: Polyanna Ribeiro; Colas: Simon Ball; Simone: Paul Thrussell; Alain: Ilya Kozadayev

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Wang Theater, Boston MA, 20 February 2003

Hamburg Ballet, 2004

STAGING

Hamburg Ballet

REPRODUCED BY

Alexander Grant and Jane Elliott

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Hamburgische Staatssoper, 12 December 2004

Pennsylvania Ballet, 2005

STAGING

Pennsylvania Ballet

REPRODUCED BY

Alexander Grant and Emilio Martins

DANCERS

Lise: Arantxa Ochoa; Colas: Zachary Hench; Widow Simone: David Krensing; Alain: Philip Colucci

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Academy of Music, Philadelphia PA, 4 March 2005

Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre, 2005

STAGING

Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre

REPRODUCED BY

Emilio Martins

DANCERS

Lise: Miriam Alekside; Colas: Sebastian Kloborg; Marceline [sic]: Genadi Yanin; Alain: Evgeni Gerasimenko

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Tbilisi State Opera, Tbilisi, 1 July 2005

Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, 2007

STAGING

Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris

REPRODUCED BY

Alexander Grant, Christopher Carr, Grant Coyle

DANCERS

Lise: Dorothée Gilbert; Colas: Nicolas Le Riche; Mère Simone: Stéphanie Phavorin; Alain: Simon Valastro

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Palais Garnier, Paris, 22 June 2007

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

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