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Persephone-12 December 1961 Evening

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor John Lanchbery
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Persephone Svetlana Beriosova
Mercury Alexander Grant
Pluto
King of the Underworld 		Keith Rosson
Demeter
Mother of Persephone 		Gerd Larsen
Demophoön
Persephone's earthly husband 		Derek Rencher
Eumolpus
The High Priest 		André Turp
Scene I - The Abduction of Persephone
Friend of Persephone Georgina Parkinson
Friend of Persephone Christine Beckley
Friend of Persephone Monica Mason
Friend of Persephone Audrey Farriss
Friend of Persephone Pamela Moncur
Oceanide Deanne Bergsma
Oceanide Vyvyan Lorrayne
Oceanide Betty Kavanagh
Oceanide Rosalind Eyre
Oceanide Louanne Richards
Oceanide Heather Clipperton
Nymph Dorothea Zaymes
Nymph Noreen Sopwith
Nymph Ann Howard
Nymph Mavis Osborn
Nymph Jacqueline Haslam
Nymph Maureen Maitland
Nymph Gloria Bluemel
Nymph Virginia Wakelyn
Nymph Susan Carlton
Nymph Margaret Lyons
Nymph Julie Wood
Nymph Avril Bergen
Scene II - Persephone in the Underworld
Hour Deanne Bergsma
Hour Vyvyan Lorrayne
Hour Betty Kavanagh
Hour Rosalind Eyre
Hour Louanne Richards
Hour Heather Clipperton
Shade Audrey Henderson
Shade Ann Kenward
Shade Jane Robinson
Shade Glynis Ellams
Shade Christine Anthony
Shade Susan Turnham
Shade Ann Wade
Shade Renee Morreau
Shade Pauline Wiseman
Shade Carla Attree
Shade Bryan Lawrence
Shade Ronald Plaisted
Shade Petrus Bosman
Shade David Drew
Shade Kenneth Barlow
Shade Douglas Steuart
Shade Christopher Newton
Shade Kenneth Mason
Shade Austin Bennett
Shade Anthony Dowell
Scene III - Persephone reborn
Friend of Persephone Georgina Parkinson
Friend of Persephone Christine Beckley
Friend of Persephone Monica Mason
Friend of Persephone Audrey Farriss
Friend of Persephone Pamela Moncur
Attendant David Jones
Attendant Gordon Crossland
Attendant Paul Brown
Attendant Nicholas Benton
Attendant Geoffrey Cauley
Oceanide Deanne Bergsma
Oceanide Vyvyan Lorrayne
Oceanide Betty Kavanagh
Oceanide Rosalind Eyre
Oceanide Louanne Richards
Oceanide Heather Clipperton
Nymph Dorothea Zaymes
Nymph Noreen Sopwith
Nymph Ann Howard
Nymph Mavis Osborn
Nymph Jacqueline Haslam
Nymph Maureen Maitland
Nymph Gloria Bluemel
Nymph Virginia Wakelyn
Nymph Susan Carlton
Nymph Margaret Lyons
Nymph Julie Wood
Nymph Avril Bergen
Adolescent Lawrence Ruffell
Adolescent Keith Milland
Adolescent Keith Martin
Adolescent David Morse
Adolescent Michael Coleman
Adolescent Dudley Tomlinson
Adolescent Lawrence Beevers
Adolescent David Cartwright
Adolescent Stanley Hoare
Adolescent Kerrison Cooke
Adolescent David Long
Adolescent Nikolai Costello
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Notes: The Management acknowledges the help Miss Svetlana Beriosova has received from Miss Gwynneth Thurburn, Principal of The Central School of Speech and Drama. In the programme the name of Persephone's earthly husband is spelled Demaphoön, but in the programmes for subsequent revivals it is spelled Demophoön.
Event: Number 2 in The Royal Ballet mixed programme 12 December 1961
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 12 December 1961 (in Royal Opera House Collections)