Dark Elegies
Choreographer:
Antony Tudor
Composer:
Gustav Mahler
Set designer:
Nadia Benois
Costume designer:
Nadia Benois
World premiere:
19 Feb 1937, Ballet Rambert, Duchess Theatre, London
Work note:
Ballet Rambert continued to perform the original version of 'Dark Elegies' rather than Tudor's revised version of 1940.
Production note:
Nadia Benois is credited with 'costumes and scenery'.
Scene/role note:
Scene 1: Laments of the Bereaved; Scene 2: Resignation
Revival credits:
1980 revival: Staged by Sally Gilmour and John Chesworth
1988 revival: Staged by John Chesworth and Sally Garbutt; Lighting designer: John B. Read
1988 revival: Staged by John Chesworth and Sally Garbutt; Lighting designer: John B. Read
Music title:
Kindertotenlieder (1904)
Music details:
Live music: voice (baritone) and piano; on occasion accompanied by orchestra
Source:
Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue:
WORK/0089
Performances
Date ↿⇂ | Programme ↿⇂ | Venue ↿⇂ |
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19 Feb 1937 Evening |
The Descent of Hebe | Mephisto Waltz | Our Lady's Juggler | Le Cricket | Dark Elegies* | Bar aux Folies-Bergère | Duchess Theatre, London |
26 Jan 1967 Evening |
Numéros | Time Base | Pierrot Lunaire* | Dark Elegies | Richmond Theatre, London |
24 Feb 1967 Evening |
Diversities | Judgment of Paris | Ricercare* | Dark Elegies | Nottingham Playhouse |
21 Nov 1968 Evening |
1 - 2 - 3 | The Act | Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain* | Dark Elegies | Jeannetta Cochrane Theatre, London |
10 Mar 1969 Evening |
Ziggurat | Pastorale Variée* | Dark Elegies | Jeannetta Cochrane Theatre, London |
6 May 1971 Evening |
'Tis Goodly Sport | Dark Elegies | That is the Show* | Jeannetta Cochrane Theatre, London |
7 Nov 1974 Evening |
That is the Show | Sake* | Dark Elegies | Northcott Theatre, Exeter |
21 Jun 1975 Evening |
Duets | Musete de Taverni* | Dark Elegies | Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain | Teatro Verde, Venice, Italy |
21 Oct 1980 Evening |
Preludes and Song | Rainbow Ripples* | Judgment of Paris | Dark Elegies | New Theatre, Oxford |
8 Jun 1988 Evening |
Dangerous Liaisons | Septet | Dark Elegies | Mates* | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
27 Oct 1988 Evening |
Mates | Dark Elegies | Embarque* | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
28 Oct 1988 Evening |
Mates | Dark Elegies | Embarque | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
29 Oct 1988 Evening |
Mates | Dark Elegies | Embarque | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
2 Mar 1989 Evening |
Septet | Hymnos | Dark Elegies | Cinema* | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
3 Mar 1989 Evening |
Septet | Hymnos | Dark Elegies | Cinema | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
4 Mar 1989 Evening |
Septet | Hymnos | Dark Elegies | Cinema | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
28 Jun 1996 Evening |
Moonshine | Dark Elegies | Quicksilver* | Festival Theatre, Edinburgh |
29 Jun 1996 Evening |
Moonshine | Dark Elegies | Quicksilver | Festival Theatre, Edinburgh |
2 Sep 2004 Evening |
Songs of a Wayfarer* | Five Rückert Songs* | Dark Elegies | Edinburgh Playhouse |
3 Sep 2004 Evening |
Songs of a Wayfarer | Five Rückert Songs | Dark Elegies | Edinburgh Playhouse |
4 Sep 2004 Evening |
Songs of a Wayfarer | Five Rückert Songs | Dark Elegies | Edinburgh Playhouse |
15 Apr 2005 Evening |
Irony of Fate | Dark Elegies | Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan | Swamp | Snape Maltings |
16 Apr 2005 Evening |
Irony of Fate | Dark Elegies | Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan | Swamp | Snape Maltings |
27 Apr 2005 Evening |
Judgment of Paris | Momenta* | Dark Elegies | Swamp | New Theatre, Oxford |
28 Apr 2005 Evening |
Judgment of Paris | Momenta | Dark Elegies | Swamp | New Theatre, Oxford |
29 Apr 2005 Evening |
Judgment of Paris | Momenta | Dark Elegies | Swamp | New Theatre, Oxford |
30 Apr 2005 Evening |
Judgment of Paris | Momenta | Dark Elegies | Swamp | New Theatre, Oxford |
24 May 2005 Evening |
Judgment of Paris | Momenta | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed* | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
25 May 2005 Evening |
Judgment of Paris | Momenta | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
26 May 2005 Evening |
Judgment of Paris | Momenta | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
27 May 2005 Evening |
Judgment of Paris | Momenta | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
28 May 2005 Matinee |
Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
28 May 2005 Evening |
Judgment of Paris | Momenta | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
8 Jul 2005 Evening |
Irony of Fate | Dark Elegies | Divine Influence* | Swamp | Accademia Tedesca di Villa Massimo, Rome, Italy |
9 Jul 2005 Evening |
Irony of Fate | Dark Elegies | Divine Influence | Swamp | Accademia Tedesca di Villa Massimo, Rome, Italy |
13 Jul 2005 Evening |
Irony of Fate | Dark Elegies | Divine Influence | Swamp | Teatro Romano di Fiesole, Florence, Italy |
28 Sep 2005 Evening |
Judgment of Paris | Momenta | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Wycombe Swan Theatre, High Wycombe |
29 Sep 2005 Evening |
Judgment of Paris | Momenta | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Wycombe Swan Theatre, High Wycombe |
30 Sep 2005 Evening |
Judgment of Paris | Momenta | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Wycombe Swan Theatre, High Wycombe |
1 Oct 2005 Evening |
Judgment of Paris | Momenta | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Wycombe Swan Theatre, High Wycombe |
5 Oct 2005 Evening |
Swamp | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Bristol Hippodrome |
6 Oct 2005 Evening |
Swamp | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Bristol Hippodrome |
7 Oct 2005 Evening |
Swamp | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Bristol Hippodrome |
8 Oct 2005 Evening |
Swamp | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Bristol Hippodrome |
12 Oct 2005 Evening |
Swamp | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Theatre Royal, Norwich |
13 Oct 2005 Matinee |
Swamp | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Theatre Royal, Norwich |
13 Oct 2005 Evening |
Swamp | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Theatre Royal, Norwich |
14 Oct 2005 Evening |
Swamp | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Theatre Royal, Norwich |
10 May 2006 Evening |
Swamp | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Teatre Principal Valencia, Spain |
11 May 2006 Evening |
Swamp | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Teatre Principal Valencia, Spain |
12 May 2006 Evening |
Swamp | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Teatre Principal Valencia, Spain |
13 May 2006 Evening |
Swamp | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Teatre Principal Valencia, Spain |
13 May 2006 Matinee |
Swamp | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Teatre Principal Valencia, Spain |
14 May 2006 Evening |
Swamp | Dark Elegies | Constant Speed | Teatre Principal Valencia, Spain |
3 May 2007 Evening |
Constant Speed | Dark Elegies | Swamp | Stadttheater Fürth, Germany |
4 May 2007 Evening |
Constant Speed | Dark Elegies | Swamp | Stadttheater Fürth, Germany |
5 May 2007 Evening |
Constant Speed | Dark Elegies | Swamp | Stadttheater Fürth, Germany |