Variations on a Theme by Purcell (1955)

MUSIC

Benjamin Britten (Variations and fugue on a theme by Purcell, The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, opus 34)

SCENERY & COSTUMES

Peter Snow

DANCERS

Elaine Fifield, Nadia Nerina, Rowena Jackson, Alexander Grant, David Blair, Michael Boulton, Philip Chatfield, Ronald Hynd, Gary Burne, Ronald Plaisted, and corps de ballet

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Sadler’s Wells Ballet, Royal Opera House, London, 6 January 1955