Marguerite and Armand (1963)

Ballet in one act: Prologue and four scenes, after The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas, fils

MUSIC

Franz Liszt, orchestrated by Humphrey Searle (La lugubre gondola, No 1, 1883 and Sonata in B minor, 1854)

SCENERY & COSTUMES

Cecil Beaton

DANCERS

Marguerite: Margot Fonteyn (in prologue, Ann Jenner)
Armand: Rudolf Nureyev
His Father: Michael Somes
A Duke: Leslie Edwards
Maid: Barbara Remington
Admirers of Marguerite: corps de ballet

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, London, 12 March 1963

New Stagings / Productions

Royal Ballet touring section, 1968

STAGING

Royal Ballet touring section

MUSIC

New orchestration by Gordon Jacob, 15 March 1968

DANCERS

In all stagings, Marguerite: Margot Fonteyn; Armand: Rudolf Nureyev

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Hessiches Staatstheater, Wiesbaden, 28 May 1968

Nureyev Festival, 1977

NEW PRODUCTION

Nureyev Festival

MUSIC

Orchestrated by Dudley Simpson (La lugubre gondola omitted)

DANCERS

In all stagings, Marguerite: Margot Fonteyn; Armand: Rudolf Nureyev

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Coliseum, London, 4 July 1977

Royal Ballet, 2000

NEW PRODUCTION

Royal Ballet

REPRODUCED BY

Uncredited

MUSIC

Orchestrated by Dudley Simpson

DANCERS

Marguerite: Sylvie Guillem; Armand: Nicolas Le Riche; His Father: David Drew

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Royal Opera House, London, 29 February 2000

Royal Ballet/Paris Opera Ballet, 2004

STAGING

Royal Ballet/Paris Opera Ballet

REPRODUCED BY

Grant Coyle

DANCERS

Marguerite: Sylvie Guillem; Armand: Nicolas Le Riche; His Father: Anthony Dowell

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Entente Cordiale gala, Opéra National de Paris, Palais Garnier, 29 September 2004

By other companies:

La Scala, Milan, 1966

STAGING

La Scala, Milan; under the title Margherita e Armando

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Teatro all Scala, Milan, 16 September 1966

Ballet of the Opéra, Paris, 1966

STAGING

Ballet of the Opéra, Paris

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Opéra, Paris, 17 November 1966

Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, 1967

STAGING

Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires; under the title Margarita y Armando

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, 14 April 1967

Associaçao de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro, 1967

STAGING

Associaçao de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro, 25 April 1967

Ballett der Wiener Staatsoper, 1967

STAGING

Ballett der Wiener Staatsoper; under the title Marguerite und Armand

REPRODUCED BY

Leslie Edwards

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Staatsoper, Vienna, 10 September 1967

An Evening with Fonteyn and Nureyev, 1975

STAGING

An Evening with Fonteyn and Nureyev

COSTUMES

New costumes by William Chappell

FIRST PERFORMANCE

John F Kennedy Center, Washington DC, 8 July 1975
Uris Theater, New York NY, 28 November 1975