Thu 15 Apr 1965, 7.15pm, Theatre Royal, Nottingham
Company:
Ballet Rambert
Giselle
Choreographer:
Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa
Composer:
Adolph Adam
Premiere type:
Rambert premiere
Orchestra:
Ballet Rambert Orchestra
Performers
Act I | |
Berthe, Giselle's mother | Carolyn Fey |
Wilfred, servant to Albrecht | Glenn Gilmour |
Hilarion, a gamekeeper | John Chesworth |
Albrecht, a nobleman | Kenneth Bannerman |
Giselle, a peasant girl | Alida Belair |
The Duke of Courland | Dries Reyneke |
Bathilde, his daughter and Albrecht's fiancee | Gayrie Macsween |
Peasant Pas de deux | Maggie Lorraine |
Peasant Pas de deux | Peter Curtis |
Peasant Pas de deux | Cecilia Barrett |
Peasant Pas de deux | John O'Brien |
Act II | |
Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis | Anna Truscott |
Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis | Renée Valent |
Zulme, a Wili | Gayrie Macsween |
Zulme, a Wili | Jennifer Kelly |
Moyne, a Wili | Maggie Lorraine |
Moyne, a Wili | Cecilia Barrett |
Villagers, huntsmen, foresters and Wilis | Artists of the Ballet Rambert |
Conductor | David Ellenberg |
Violin (Leader) | Louis Yffer |
Performance note:
The programme gives alternative dancers without specifying their performance dates: In the peasant pas de deux, Lorraine and Curtis or Barrett and O'Brien; as Myrtha, either Truscott or Valent; as Zulme, either Macsween or Kelly; as Moyne, either Lorraine or Barrett. All are given here.
Façade
Choreographer:
Frederick Ashton
Composer:
William Walton
Orchestra:
Ballet Rambert Orchestra
Performers
Scotch Rhapsody | Christine Courtney |
Scotch Rhapsody | John O'Brien |
Scotch Rhapsody | Marian Meadowcroft |
Scotch Rhapsody | Hilary Grant |
Yodelling Song | Jennifer Kelly |
Yodelling Song | Peter Curtis |
Yodelling Song | Glenn Gilmour |
Yodelling Song | Jonathan Taylor |
Polka | Maggie Lorraine |
Valse | Joanna Banks |
Valse | Jill Davey |
Valse | Sandra Craig |
Valse | Renée Valent |
Popular Song | Peter Curtis |
Popular Song | Jonathan Taylor |
Tango Pasodoble | Gayrie Macsween |
Tango Pasodoble | John Chesworth |
Tarantella Sevillana | Ensemble |
Conductor | David Ellenberg |
Violin (Leader) | Louis Yffer |
Pianoforte | Cyril Preedy |
Source:
Programme for 15-17 April 1965 in the Rambert Archive