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Le Lac des cygnes-16 March 1950 Evening 7.00pm

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: Sadler's Wells Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Robert Irving
Leader Charles McKeown
Cast
ACT I
Prince Siegfried Michael Somes
The Princess-Mother June Brae
Wolfgang
the Prince's tutor 		Ray Powell
Benno
the Prince's friend 		Leslie Edwards
Pas de Trois Alexis Rassine
Pas de Trois Margaret Dale
Pas de Trois Nadia Nerina
A Peasant Girl Anne Heaton
Peasant Boy/Huntsman Peter Clegg
Peasant Boy/Huntsman John Cranko
Peasant Boy/Huntsman Ronald Plaisted
Peasant Boy/Huntsman Henry Legerton
Peasant Boy/Huntsman Gilbert Vernon
Peasant Boy/Huntsman Kenneth Melville
Peasant Boy/Huntsman Kenneth MacMillan
Peasant Boy/Huntsman Philip Chatfield
Peasant Boy/Huntsman Alexander Grant
Peasant Boy/Huntsman Michael Boulton
Peasant Boy/Huntsman Franklin White
Peasant Boy/Huntsman Bryan Ashbridge
Peasant Girl Valerie Taylor
Peasant Girl Wendy Winn
Peasant Girl Rowena Jackson
Peasant Girl Sheila Nelson
Peasant Girl Rosemary Valaire
Peasant Girl Fiorella Keane
Peasant Girl Anne Heaton
Peasant Girl Margaret Sear
Peasant Girl Christine du Boulay
Peasant Girl Thekla Russell
Peasant Girl Dorothea Zaymes
Peasant Girl Pauline Wadsworth
Court Lady Shirley Bishop
Court Lady Judy Laraman
Court Lady Yvonne Barnes
Court Lady June Laverick
ACT II
Odette
the Swan Queen 		Margot Fonteyn
Prince Siegfried Michael Somes
Benno Leslie Edwards
Cygnet Pauline Clayden
Cygnet Anne Negus
Cygnet Avril Navarre
Cygnet Jill Gregory
Swan
one of Four Swans 		Gillian Lynne
Swan
one of Four Swans 		Rosemary Lindsay
Swan
one of Four Swans 		Pamela May
Swan
one of Four Swans 		Lorna Mossford
Swan Margaret Sear
Swan Palma Nye
Swan Paula Dunning
Swan Rosemary Valaire
Swan Wendy Winn
Swan Dorothea Zaymes
Swan Greta Hamby
Swan Shirley Bishop
Swan Rowena Jackson
Swan June Laverick
Swan April Olrich
Swan Brenda Taylor
Swan Fiorella Keane
Swan Sheila Nelson
Swan Thekla Russell
Swan Valerie Taylor
Swan Christine du Boulay
Swan Pauline Wadsworth
ACT III
Prince Siegfried Michael Somes
The Princess-Mother June Brae
Von Rothbart
a wicked magician 		Alfred Rodrigues
Odile
his daughter 		Margot Fonteyn
Fiancée Anne Heaton
Fiancée Shirley Bishop
Fiancée Rowena Jackson
Fiancée Pauline Wadsworth
Fiancée Nadia Nerina
Fiancée Greta Hamby
Spanish Dance Richard Ellis
Spanish Dance Gilbert Vernon
Spanish Dance Gerd Larsen
Spanish Dance Julia Farron
Czardas Palma Nye
Czardas Alexander Grant
Czardas Valerie Taylor
Czardas Dorothea Zaymes
Czardas Margaret Sear
Czardas Fiorella Keane
Czardas Ray Powell
Czardas Michael Boulton
Czardas Henry Legerton
Czardas Paul Reymond
Mazurka Wendy Winn
Mazurka Thekla Russell
Mazurka Rosemary Lindsay
Mazurka Christine du Boulay
Mazurka Franklin White
Mazurka Philip Chatfield
Mazurka Kenneth Melville
Mazurka Kenneth MacMillan
Court Lady Martha Garcia
Court Lady Yvonne Barnes
Court Lady Judy Laraman
Court Lady Doreen Brown
Page Doreen Tempest
Page Annette Page
Page Deirdre Dixon
Page Angela Wallington
Page Brenda Taylor
ACT IV
Swan
one of Two Swans 		Pamela May
Swan
one of Two Swans 		Gillian Lynne
Black Cygnet Margaret Dale
Black Cygnet Nadia Nerina
Black Cygnet Anne Negus
Black Cygnet Jill Gregory
Black Cygnet Pauline Clayden
Black Cygnet Avril Navarre
Odette Margot Fonteyn
Prince Siegfried Michael Somes
Von Rothbart Alfred Rodrigues
Swan Margaret Sear
Swan Palma Nye
Swan Paula Dunning
Swan Rosemary Valaire
Swan Wendy Winn
Swan Dorothea Zaymes
Swan Greta Hamby
Swan Shirley Bishop
Swan Rowena Jackson
Swan June Laverick
Swan April Olrich
Swan Brenda Taylor
Swan Fiorella Keane
Swan Sheila Nelson
Swan Thekla Russell
Swan Valerie Taylor
Swan Christine du Boulay
Swan Pauline Wadsworth
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Durations: Act I: 7.05-7.27pm, Act II: 7.28-7.55pm, Act III: 8.11-8.44pm, Act IV: 9.00-9.20pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 16 March 1950 (in Royal Opera House Collections)