MUSIC
Igor Stravinsky (melodrama in three scenes, 1933-1934)
SCENERY & COSTUMES
Nico Ghika
DANCERS
Persephone: Svetlana Beriosova; Mercury: Alexander Grant; Pluto, King of the Underworld: Keith Rosson; Demeter, Mother of Persephone: Gerd Larsen; Demaphoön, Persephone’s earthly husband: Derek Rencher; Eumolpus, the High Priest (tenor): André Turp; Friends of Persephone: Georgina Parkinson, Christine Beckley, Monica Mason, Audrey Farris, Pamela Moncur; Oceanides: Deanne Bergsma, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Betty Kavanagh, Rosalind Eyre, Louanne Richards, Heather Clipperton; Hours: same as Oceanides; Nymphs, Shades, Attendants; Adolescents: corps de ballet
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 12 December 1961
New Stagings / Productions
Royal Ballet, 1970
STAGING
Royal Ballet; Tribute to Sir Frederick Ashton; excerpt only
DANCERS
Persephone: Svetlana Beriosova; Mercury: Alexander Grant; Demeter: Gerd Larsen; Demaphoön: Derek Rencher
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Royal Opera House, London, 24 July 1970
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