Le Rêve de Léonor (1949)

Ballet in one act by Léoor Fini

MUSIC

Benjamin Britten, orchestrated by Arthur Oldham (Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge, opus 10)

SCENERY & COSTUMES

Léoor Fini

DANCERS

Girl Without Hair: Renée Jeanmaire; Girl With Hair: Joan Sheldon; Two Hirsute Men: Oleg Briansky, Stanley Hall; Sphinx: Ursula Kubler; King of Nougat: John Gilpin; Four Whipped Creams: Joan Sheldon, Kathleen Gorham, Mireille Lefebvre, Ruth Helfgot; Proserpine: Renée Jeanmaire; Sombre Seducer: Milorad Miskovitch; Owl: Renée Jeanmaire; Three Ephebes: Oleg Briansky, John Gilpin, Stanley Hall; Two Bouquets: Joan Sheldon, Kathleen Gorham

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Les Ballets de Paris, Princes Theatre, London, 26 April 1949