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Daphnis and Chloë-9 April 1951 Evening 7.00pm

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: Sadler's Wells Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Leader Thomas Matthews
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Cast
Chloë
a shepherdess 		Margot Fonteyn
Daphnis
a goat-herd 		Michael Somes
Lykanion
a young married girl from the town 		Violetta Elvin
Dorkon
a herdsman 		John Field
Bryaxis
a Pirate chief 		Alexander Grant
Pan Alfred Rodriques
Nymph of Pan Rosemary Lindsay
Nymph of Pan Gillian Lynne
Nymph of Pan Julia Farron
Shepherdess Christine du Boulay
Shepherdess Mary Drage
Shepherdess Lorna Mossford
Shepherdess April Olrich
Shepherdess Rosemary Valaire
Shepherdess Wendy Winn
Shepherd Bryan Ashbridge
Shepherd Philip Chatfield
Shepherd Leslie Edwards
Shepherd Desmond Doyle
Shepherd Kenneth MacMillan
Shepherd Kenneth Melville
Pirate William Barrett
Pirate Donald Barclay
Pirate Peter Clegg
Pirate Henry Legerton
Pirate Ray Powell
Pirate Douglas Steuart
Pirate Paul Reymond
Pirate Franklin White
Pirate Woman Anne Heaton
Pirate Woman Fiorella Keane
Pirate Woman Sheila Nelson
Pirate Woman Jane Shore
Pirate Woman Valerie Taylor
Pirate Woman Pauline Wadsworth
Pirate Woman Angela Walton
Pirate Woman Dorothea Zaymes
Dryad Margaret Watson
Dryad Shirley Bateman
Dryad Deirdre Dixon
Dryad Diane Forhan
Faun Donald Kilgour
Faun Keith MacMillan
Faun John Sale
Faun David Shields
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Notes: The programme credits Robert Irving and John Hollingsworth as conductors, but it is unclear who conducted this performance. At the time of this performance, Kenneth MacMillan's surname was spelt 'Macmillan'.
Durations: Entire work: 7.48-8.38pm
Event: Number 2 in Sadler's Wells Ballet mixed programme 9 April 1951
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 9 April 1951 (in Royal Opera House Collections)