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Daphnis and Chloë-4 July 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
Conductor Robert Irving
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 Gerd Larsen
Nymph of Pan Julia Farron
Shepherdess Christine du Boulay
Shepherdess Mary Drage
Shepherdess Lorna Mossford
Shepherdess Anna Carne
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 Catherine Boulton
Pirate Woman Jane Shore
Pirate Woman Valerie Taylor
Pirate Woman Brenda Taylor
Pirate Woman Angela Walton
Pirate Woman Dorothea Zaymes
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Notes: At the time of this performance, Kenneth MacMillan's surname was spelt 'Macmillan'.
Durations: Entire work: 7.46-8.36pm
Event: Number 2 in Sadler's Wells Ballet mixed programme 4 July 1951
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 4 July 1951 (in Royal Opera House Collections)