Tiresias (1951)

A Ballet in three scenes by Constant Lambert

MUSIC

Constant Lambert, partly orchestrated by Robert Irving, Christian Darnton, Humphrey Searle, Denis ApIvor, Gordon Jacob, Alan Rawsthorne and Elisabeth Lutyens

CURTAIN, SCENERY & COSTUMES

Isabel Lambert

DANCERS

Tiresias (male): Michael Somes; Neophyte: Margaret Dale; Snakes: Pauline Clayden, Brian Shaw; Tiresias (female): Margot Fonteyn; Her Lover: John Field; Zeus: Alfred Rodrigues; Hera: Gerd Larsen; Athletes, Warriors, Priestesses, Shepherdesses, Shepherds: corps de ballet

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Sadler’s Wells Ballet, Royal Opera House, London, 9 July 1951

New Stagings / Productions

Sadler’s Wells Ballet, 1952

STAGING

Revised version, 26 February 1952