| Choreographer: |
Frederick Ashton |
| Composer: |
Richard Strauss |
| Music title: |
Don Juan (Symphonic Poem), Op. 20 |
| Work definition: |
A Choreographic Impression |
| After/based on: |
'The love that caught strange light from Death's own eyes' from 'La Morte Amoureuse' by Gautier, translated by Swinburne. |
| World premiere: |
25 November 1948, Sadler's Wells Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |
| ROH premiere: |
25 November 1948, Sadler's Wells Ballet |
| ROH company premiere: |
25 November 1948, Sadler's Wells Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |