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Persephone-29 October 1962 Evening

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Ballet: Performance details

Company: The Royal Ballet
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
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 		Gerald English
Friend of Persephone Georgina Parkinson
Friend of Persephone Christine Beckley
Friend of Persephone Monica Mason
Friend of Persephone Pamela Moncur
Friend of Persephone Audrey Henderson
Oceanides, Nymphs, Hours, Shades, Adolescents, etc. Artists of The Royal Ballet
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Event: Number 3 in The Royal Ballet mixed programme 29 October 1962
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 29 October 1962 (in Royal Opera House Collections)