A Fantastic Opera
Produced, written, and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Adapted from Dennis Arundell’s English libretto based on the French text by Jules Barbier
MUSIC
Jacques Offenbach (1881)
PHOTOGRAPHED BY
Christopher Challis
SCENERY & COSTUMES
Hein Heckroth
PLAYERS
Robert Rounseville, Robert Helpmann, Pamela Brown, Moira Shearer, Frederick Ashton, Leonide Massine, Ludmilla Tcherina, Ann Ayars, Mögens Wieth, Monica Sinclair, Bruce Dargavel, Murray Dickie
RELEASE DATE
18 April 1952
Dance Scenes
The Enchanted Dragonfly
MUSIC
arranged by Sir Thomas Beecham
DANCERS
Moira Shearer, Edmond Audran
The Ballad of Kleinzack
DANCERS
Kleinzack: Frederick Ashton; His Lady-Love: Moira Shearer
The Tale of Olympia
DANCERS
Olympia: Moira Shearer; Dr Coppélius: Robert Helpmann; Spalanzani: Leonide Massine [choreographed his own role]; Cochenille: Frederick Ashton; Marionettes: corps de ballet
The Tale of Giulietta
DANCERS
Giulietta: Ludmilla Tcherina; Hoffmann: Robert Helpmann
Epilogue: Pas de deux (Barcarolle)
DANCERS
Moira Shearer, Edmond Audran
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