MUSIC
Daniel François Auber, arranged by Constant Lambert (ballet music from L’Enfant prodigue)
SCENERY & COSTUMES
William Chappell
DANCERS
1 Entrance of Walkers Out: Ensemble
2 Pas de six: Beatrice Appleyard, Sheila McCarthy, Freda Bamford, Hermione Darnborough, Nadina Newhouse, Gwyneth Mathews
3 Variation: Stanislas Idzikowski
4 Adagio of Lovers: Alicia Markova, Stanislas Idzikowski
5 Pas de trois: Ninette de Valois, Stanley Judson, Robert Helpmann
6 Variation: Alicia Markova
7 Pas de six: Robert Helpmann, Travis Kemp, Antony Tudor, Claude Newman, Maurice Brooke, Toni Repetto
8 Exit of Walkers Out: Ensemble
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Vic-Wells Ballet, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, 5 December 1933
New Stagings / Productions
Vic-Wells Ballet, 1934
NEW PRODUCTION
Vic-Wells Ballet
DANCERS
1 Entrance: Ailne Phillips, William Chappell, and ensemble
2 Pas de quatre (new number): Molly Brown, Joy Robson, Jill Gregory, Margot Fonteyn
3 Variation: Stanislas Idzikowski
4 Adagio of Lovers: Alicia Markova, Stanley Judson
5 Pas de trois: Ailne Phillips, Claude Newman, Robert Helpmann
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, 2 October 1934
Vic-Wells Ballet, 1937
NEW PRODUCTION
Vic-Wells Ballet
SCENERY & COSTUMES
William Chappell
DANCERS
Lovers: Margot Fonteyn, Harold Turner
Pas de trois: Jill Gregory, Frederick Ashton, Claude Newman
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, 16 November 1937
Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet, 1947
NEW PRODUCTION
Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet
SCENERY & COSTUMES
William Chappell
DANCERS
Adage des amoureux (sic): Elaine Fifield, Michael Boulton
Pas de trois: Sheilah O’Reilly, Donald Britton, Pirmin Trecu
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, 26 December 1947
The decor and costumes for this production were destroyed by fire at the Theatre Royal, Hanley, 2 June 1949; thereafter the ballet was given in Hugh Stevenson’s set for Ninette de Valois’s Promenade, with new gates and new costumes
Royal Ballet, 1959
NEW PRODUCTION
Royal Ballet; choreography revised for enlarged corps de ballet
SCENERY
Sophie Fedorovitch (Act I of La Traviata, 1948; reverted to William Chappell’s 1937 decor, 10 October 1962)
COSTUMES
William Chappell
DANCERS
Amoureux: Nadia Nerina, Brian Shaw
Pas de trois: Merle Park, Graham Usher, Petrus Bosman
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Royal Opera House, London, 7 May 1959
Royal Ballet touring section, 1961
NEW PRODUCTION
Royal Ballet touring section
COSTUMES
William Chappell (new scenery added at Pavilion, Bournemouth, 28 September 1961)
DANCERS
Amoureux: Doreen Wells, Donald Britton
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek, Lebanon, 29 August 1961
Royal Ballet School, 1967
STAGING
Royal Ballet School
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Royal Opera House, London, 15 July 1967
Royal Ballet, 1970
STAGING
Royal Ballet; Tribute to Sir Frederick Ashton
DANCERS
Amoureux: Merle Park, Rudolf Nureyev
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Royal Opera House, London, 24 July 1970
Ballet for All, 1971
STAGING
Ballet for All; pas de trois only
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Village College, Melbourne, Derbyshire, 6 October 1971
Royal Ballet touring section, 1971
NEW PRODUCTION
Royal Ballet touring section
SCENERY & COSTUMES
William Chappell (1937)
DANCERS
Amoureux: Merle Park, Desmond Kelly
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Wimbledon Theatre, London, 12 October 1971
Ballet for All, 1972
STAGING
Ballet for All; pas de deux and variations only
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe, 13 October 1972
Royal Ballet, 2000
NEW PRODUCTION
Royal Ballet
REPRODUCED BY
Uncredited
DANCERS
Lovers: Darcey Bussell, Roberto Bolle
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Royal Opera House, London, 29 February 2000
Productions by Other Companies
Ballet of the Norske Opera, 1978
STAGING
Ballet of the Norske Opera
REPRODUCED BY
Elisabeth Cunliffe and Brenda Last
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Den Norske Opera, Oslo, 5 October 1978
American Ballet Theatre, 1980
NEW PRODUCTION
American Ballet Theatre
REPRODUCED BY
Brian Shaw (1959 version)
SCENERY & COSTUMES
William Chappell (1937)
DANCERS
Amoureux: Marianna Tcherkassky, Danilo Radojevic
Pas de trois: Rebecca Wright, Warren Conover, Peter Fonseca
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Kennedy Center, Washington DC, 10 December 1980
Banff Center, 1986
STAGING
Banff Center
REPRODUCED BY
Alexander Grant
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Banff Center, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Houston Ballet, 1989
STAGING
Houston Ballet
REPRODUCED BY
Brian Shaw
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Wortham Center, Houston TX, 16 March 1989
Noriko Kobayashi Ballet Theatre, 2003
STAGING
Noriko Kobayashi Ballet Theatre
REPRODUCED BY
Julie Lincoln
DANCERS
Amoureux: Akiko Shimazoe, Patrick Armand
FIRST PERFORMANCE
New National Theatre of Japan, Tokyo, 31 July 2003
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