MUSIC
André Messager, arranged and partly orchestrated by John Lanchbery (ballet, 1886, with one number from Véronique, opéra-comique, 1898)
SCENERY & COSTUMES
Jacques Dupont
DANCERS
The Young Man: Christopher Gable; The Young Girl: Lynn Seymour; His Mother (renamed A Neighbour: 1974): Shirley Bishop; A Gypsy Girl: Elizabeth Anderton; Her Lover: Robert Mead; A Gypsy Boy: Johaar Mosaval; Two Old Gypsy Crones: Lorna Mossford, Valerie Deakin; Friends of the Young Girl, Gypsies, Sightseers: corps de ballet
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Royal Ballet touring section, Royal Opera House, London, 14 February 1961
New Stagings / Productions
Royal Ballet, 1962
STAGING
Royal Ballet
DANCERS
The Young Man: Alexander Grant; The Young Girl: Lynn Seymour; A Gypsy Girl: Georgina Parkinson; Her Lover: Robert Mead; A Gypsy Boy: Laurence Ruffell
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Royal Opera House, London, 16 October 1962
Royal Ballet School, 1965
STAGING
Royal Ballet School
DANCERS
The Young Man: Graham Powell; The Young Girl: Lesley Collier; A Gypsy Girl: Margaret Barbieri; Her Lover: Nicholas Johnson; A Gypsy Boy: Wayne Sleep
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Royal Opera House, London, 17 July 1965
Ballet for All, 1975
STAGING
Ballet for All; Act II pas de deux only
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Playhouse, Walton-on-Thames, 18 January 1975
Birmingham Royal Ballet, 2000
STAGING
Birmingham Royal Ballet
DANCERS
The Young Girl: Dorcas Walters; The Young Man: Robert Parker; A Gypsy Girl: Asya Verzhbinsky; Her Lover: Joseph Cipolla
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, 5 April 2000
By Other Companies
CAPAB Ballet Company, 1968
NEW PRODUCTION
CAPAB Ballet Company
REPRODUCED BY
Faith Worth
SCENERY & COSTUMES
Peter Rice
DANCERS
The Boy: Gary Burne; The Girl: Phyllis Spira; Gypsy Girl: Janice Worth; Her Lover: John Simons
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Civic Theatre, Belleville, South Africa, 19 October 1968
The Australian Ballet, 1973
STAGING
The Australian Ballet
REPRODUCED BY
Robert Mead
DANCERS
The Boy: Kelvin Coe; The Girl: Lucette Aldous; Gypsy Girl: Marilyn Rowe; Her Lover: Jonathan Kelly; Gypsy Boy: Paul Saliba
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Opera House, Sydney, 30 April 1973
National Ballet of Canada, 1979
STAGING
National Ballet of Canada
REPRODUCED BY
Lynn Wallis
FIRST PERFORMANCE
O’Keefe Center, Toronto, 28 February 1979
CAPAB Ballet Company, 1980
NEW PRODUCTION
CAPAB Ballet Company
REPRODUCED BY
Lynn Wallis and David Poole
SCENERY & COSTUMES
Peter Cazelet
DANCERS
The Young Man: Edward Greyling; The Young Girl: Phyllis Spira; A Gypsy Girl: Elizabeth Triegaardt; Her Lover: John Simons
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Nico Malan Opera House, Cape Town, 28 March 1980
Houston Ballet, 1983
STAGING
Houston Ballet
REPRODUCED BY
Robert Mead (restaged 1992 by Lynn Seymour)
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Jones Hall, Houston TX, 12 May 1983
Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, 1987
STAGING
Les Ballets de Monte Carlo; as Les deux pigeons
REPRODUCED BY
Robert Mead
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Opéra de Monte Carlo, Monaco, 18 April 1987
Ballet of the Teatro Regio, 1992
STAGING
Ballet of the Teatro Regio
REPRODUCED BY
Faith Worth
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Teatro Regio, Torino, 18 January 1992
Noriko Kobayashi Ballet Theatre, 1992
STAGING
Noriko Kobayashi Ballet Theatre
REPRODUCED BY
Denis Bonner
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Tokyo, 17 October 1992
Ballet de Nice, 1995
NEW PRODUCTION
Ballet de Nice; as Les deux pigeons
REPRODUCED BY
Faith Worth
SCENERY & COSTUMES
Carlo Diappi
DANCERS
La jeune fille: Elena Kniazkova; Le peintre: Wilfried Romoli; La gitane: Sylvie Sangiorgio; Le chef des gitans: Filippo Verdirosi; Le jeune gitan: Nicolas Blanc
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Opéra de Nice, 8 December 1995
Hong Kong Ballet, 1996
STAGING
Hong Kong Ballet
REPRODUCED BY
Faith Worth
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong, 9 May 1996
Scottish Ballet, 2002
STAGING
Scottish Ballet
REPRODUCED BY
Denis Bonner and Lesley Collier
DANCERS
Young Girl: Sarah Wildor; Young Man: Ivan Dinev; Gypsy Girl: Lorna Scott; Her Lover: Luca Martini
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 16 April 2002
National Ballet of Georgia, 2006
STAGING
National Ballet of Georgia
REPRODUCED BY
Denis Bonner, Margaret Barbieri
SCENERY & COSTUMES
Alexandre Vassiliev and David Monavardisashvili
DANCERS
Young Girl: Nino Gogua; Young Man: Irakli Bakhtadze; Gypsy Girl: Lali Kandelaki; Her Lover: David Khozashvili
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Tbili Z Palisashvili Opera and Ballet State Theatre, Tbilisi, Georgia, 26 October 2006
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