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Coppélia-25 October 1946 Evening

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: Sadler's Wells Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Constant Lambert
Leader Joseph Shadwick
Cast
ACT I. The square of a little town
Swanilda Margot Fonteyn
Franz Alexis Rassine
Dr. Coppelius Robert Helpmann
Coppelia Anne Gieves
Burgomaster David Davenport
His Wife Patricia Brooks
Attendant to Burgomaster's Wife Wendy Winn
Attendant to Burgomaster's Wife Rosemary Feuerheer
Child
one of Four Children 		Tony Tarver
Child
one of Four Children 		Peter Clegg
Child
one of Four Children 		Margaret Moffatt
Child
one of Four Children 		Penelope Asserson
Swanilda's Friend Pauline Clayden
Swanilda's Friend Anne Negus
Swanilda's Friend June Leighton
Swanilda's Friend Joan Sheldon
Swanilda's Friend Jill Gregory
Swanilda's Friend Elizabeth Kennedy
Swanilda's Friend Avril Navarre
Swanilda's Friend Guinevere Parry
Mazurka and Csardas Julia Farron
Mazurka and Csardas Palma Nye
Mazurka and Csardas Michael Somes
Mazurka and Csardas Richard Ellis
Mazurka and Csardas Gillian Lynne
Mazurka and Csardas Lorna Mossford
Mazurka and Csardas Mavis Spence
Mazurka and Csardas Paula Dunning
Mazurka and Csardas Margaret Sear
Mazurka and Csardas Christine du Boulay
Mazurka and Csardas Gerd Larsen
Mazurka and Csardas Rosemary Lindsay
Mazurka and Csardas Franklin White
Mazurka and Csardas Leslie Edwards
Mazurka and Csardas Norman Thomson
Mazurka and Csardas Philip Chatfield
Mazurka and Csardas Alexander Grant
Mazurka and Csardas Kenneth Melville
Mazurka and Csardas Stanley Hall
Mazurka and Csardas Paul Reymond
Innkeeper Alec Martin
ACT II.
Scene I. Coppelius's workshop
Swanilda Margot Fonteyn
Franz Alexis Rassine
Dr. Coppelius Robert Helpmann
Coppelia Anne Gieves
Swanilda's Friend Pauline Clayden
Swanilda's Friend Anne Negus
Swanilda's Friend June Leighton
Swanilda's Friend Joan Sheldon
Swanilda's Friend Jill Gregory
Swanilda's Friend Elizabeth Kennedy
Swanilda's Friend Avril Navarre
Swanilda's Friend Guinevere Parry
Doll - Chinese Veronica Vail
Doll - Crusader Mavis Spence
Doll - Pierrot Margaret Sear
Doll - Astrologer Margaret Moffatt
Doll - Oriental Penelope Asserson
Scene II. A lawn
Swanilda Margot Fonteyn
Franz Alexis Rassine
Dr. Coppelius Robert Helpmann
Duke Leslie Edwards
Duchess Paula Dunning
Father Time David Davenport
Dance of the Hours Veronica Vail
Dance of the Hours Margaret Sear
Dance of the Hours Mavis Spence
Dance of the Hours Anne Gieves
Dance of the Hours Wendy Winn
Dance of the Hours Joan Grantham
Dance of the Hours Betty Cooper
Dance of the Hours Dorothea Zaymes
Dance of the Hours Rosemary Feuerheer
Dance of the Hours Patricia Brooks
Dance of the Hours Fiorella Keane
Dance of the Hours Judy Gold
Aurora Pauline Clayden
Prayer Beryl Grey
Hymen (Betrothal Dance) Joan Sheldon
Hymen (Betrothal Dance) Richard Ellis
Pas de Deux Margot Fonteyn
Pas de Deux Alexis Rassine
Work Palma Nye
Work Gerd Larsen
Work Lorna Mossford
Work Rosemary Lindsay
Variation Alexis Rassine
Variation Margot Fonteyn
Finale Avril Navarre
Finale Anne Negus
Finale Jill Gregory
Finale Elizabeth Kennedy
Finale Guinevere Parry
Finale June Leighton
Peasant Boy Kenneth Melville
Peasant Boy Alexander Grant
Peasant Boy Alec Martin
Peasant Boy Stanley Hall
Peasant Boy Philip Chatfield
Peasant Boy Paul Reymond
Peasant Boy Patrick Stone
Peasant Boy David Adams
Attendant to the Duke Pirnon Aldabaldetrecee
Attendant to the Duke Harold Robinson
Attendant to the Duke Josephine Corry
Attendant to the Duke Alice Murer
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Durations: Act I: 6.53-7.26pm, Act II: 7.47-8.15pm, Act III: 8.36-9.03pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 25 October 1946 and stage management reports 1943-47 (in Royal Opera House Collections)