Voices of Spring (1977)

MUSIC

Johann Strauss Jr (1874)

SCENERY & COSTUMES

Julia Trevelyan Oman

DANCERS

Merle Park, Wayne Eagling

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Royal Opera, Royal Opera House, London, 31 December 1977

Choreographed for a New Year’s Eve performance of The Royal Opera’s 1977 production of Strauss’s operetta Die Fledermaus. It appeared in a ball scene in Act II, danced to the composer’s ‘Frühlingsstimmen’ waltz, Op. 410 (which replaced one of the score’s original numbers), and was preceded by Explosions-Polka—an ensemble piece for six couples, also to to music by Strauss (Op. 43). It was first performed as as an independent piece, with the title Voices of Spring, in September 1978, at the Ambassador Auditorium in Los Angeles.

New Stagings / Productions

Gala Performance, Los Angeles 1978

STAGING

Gala Performance; Frühlingsstimmerwaltz, under the title Voices of Spring

DANCERS

Merle Park, Wayne Eagling

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Ambassador Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, 21 September 1978

Royal Ballet, 1981

STAGING

Royal Ballet; under the title Voices of Spring

DANCERS

Merle Park, Wayne Eagling

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Royal Opera House, London, 2 April 1981

Het Nationale Ballet, 1989

STAGING

Het Nationale Ballet; under the title Voices of Spring

REPRODUCED BY

Wayne Eagling

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Muziektheater, Amsterdam, 18 October 1989

Birmingham Royal Ballet, 2000

STAGING

Birmingham Royal Ballet; under the title Voices of Spring

REPRODUCED BY

Ann Whitley

DANCERS

Amabra Vallo, Robert Parker

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, UK, 5 April 2000

Festival de Sintra, 2004

STAGING

An Evening of British Ballet; under the title Voices of Spring

COSTUMES

Julia Trevelyan Oman

DANCERS

Alina Cojocaru, Johann Kobborg

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Festival de Sintra, Portugal, 23 July 2004