MUSIC
Serge Prokofiev (ballet, opus 64)
SCENERY & COSTUMES
Peter Rice
DANCERS
Romeo: Henning Kronstam; Juliet: Mona Vangsaae; Mercutio: Frank Schaufuss; Tybalt: Niels Bjørn Larsen; Benvolio: Flemming Flindt; Paris: Kjeld Noack; Nurse: Britta Cornelius-Knudsen; Peter, a page: Jørn Madsen; Brother Lorenzo: Jan Holm; Lady Capulet: Lillian Jensen; Lord Capulet: Svend Erik Jensen; The Duke of Verona: Poul Vessel; Rosaline: Kirsten Ralov; Friends of Juliet: Aase Bonde, Ruth Andersen, Ellin Bauer, Elisabeth Enevoldsen, Mette Mollerup, Kirsten Simone; Troubadours: Anker Ørskov, Verner Andersen, Tage Wendt; Servants, Guests at the Ball, Citizens: corps de ballet
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Royal Danish Ballet, Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen, 19 May 1955
New Stagings / Productions
London Festival Ballet, 1973
STAGING
London Festival Ballet; Balcony scene only
REPRODUCED BY
Niels Bjørn Larsen and Frederick Ashton
DANCERS
Romeo: Peter Schaufuss; Juliet: Gaye Fulton
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Coliseum, London, 9 April 1973
Royal Danish Ballet, 1984
STAGING
Royal Danish Ballet; balcony scene only
REPRODUCED BY
Henning Kronstam
DANCERS
Romeo: Arne Villumsen; Juliet: Lis Jeppesen
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Metropolitan Opera House (gala performance), New York NY, 13 May 1984
London Festival Ballet, 1985
NEW PRODUCTION
London Festival Ballet
REPRODUCED BY
Niels Bjørn Larsen and Frederick Ashton
SCENERY & COSTUMES
Peter Rice (new, further revised 1989)
DANCERS
Romeo: Peter Schaufuss; Juliet: Katherine Healy; Mercutio: Raffaele Paganini; Tybalt: Nicholas Johnson; Benvolio: Matz Skoog; Paris: Patrick Armand; Lady Capulet: Kirsten Ralov; Lord Capulet: Niels Bjørn Larsen; Juliet’s Nurse: Freya Dominic; Peter, a page: Matthew Hart; Prince of Verona: Frank Schaufuss; Livia, lover of Mercutio (formerly Rosaline): Janette Mulligan; Mandolin Dance: Craig Randolph, Matz Skoog, Darryl Norton
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Coliseum, London, 23 July 1985
Danish Royal Ballet, 1996
NEW PRODUCTION
Danish Royal Ballet
REPRODUCED BY
Peter Schaufuss and Marilyn Vella-Gatt
SCENERY & COSTUMES
Peter Rice
DANCERS
Romeo: Johan Kobborg; Juliet: Michelle Larsen; Mercutio: Thomas Lund; Tybalt: Vladimir Damianov; Paris: Mads Blangstrup; Lady Capulet: Kirsten Simone; Lord Capulet: Tommy Frishoi; Juliet’s Nurse: Jette Buchwald; Peter: Ulrik Birkkjaer; Prince of Verona: Lars Damsgaard; Livia: Rose Gad; Friar Lawrence: Jan Holme; Mandolin Dance: Thomas Flindt Jeppesen, Fernando Mora, Martin Vedel
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen, 16 March 1996
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