MUSIC
Franz Schubert (Fantasia in C major, opus 15; arrangement for piano and orchestra by Franz Liszt used from 5 January 1942)
SCENERY & COSTUMES
Graham Sutherland
DANCERS
Robert Helpmann; Alan Carter, John Hart, Leslie Edwards, John Field; Julia Farron; Pamela May, Michael Somes; Margot Fonteyn; Mary Honer, Patricia Garnett; Joy Newton, Palma Nye, Wendy Horsburgh, Guinevere Parry, Joan Sheldon, Elizabeth Kennedy; Margaret Dale, Deryk Mendel
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Sadler’s Wells Ballet, New Theatre, London, 27 January 1941
New Stagings / Productions
Royal Ballet, 1970
STAGING
Royal Ballet; Tribute to Sir Frederick Ashton; duet for the Lovers (Pamela May, Michael Somes) only
DANCERS
Vergie Derman, Donald MacLeary
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Royal Opera House, London, 24 July 1970
Ballet for All, 1972
STAGING
Ballet for All; duet for Lovers only
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe, 13 October 1972
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