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