Soirée Musicale
Choreographer:
Antony Tudor
Composer:
Gioacchino Rossini
Music arranger:
Benjamin Britten
Set designer:
Hugh Stevenson
Costume designer:
Hugh Stevenson
Rambert premiere:
28 Jun 1940, Ballet Rambert and the London Ballet, The Arts Theatre Club, London
World premiere:
26 Nov 1938, Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, Palladium Theatre, London, United Kingdom
Production note:
In the programmes, Hugh Stevenson is credited as 'decor' and later as 'decor and costumes' and 'scenery and costumes'.
Music title:
Soirées Musicales (1936)
Music details:
Live music: soprano, piano (Nos.1–7), tenor, piano (No.8), 2 sopranos, piano (Nos.9, 10), soprano, tenor, piano (No.11), tenor, bass, piano (No.12)
Source:
Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue:
WORK/0111
Performances
| Date | Programme | Venue |
|---|---|---|
|
28 Jun 1940 Evening |
Soirée Musicale* | Death and the Maiden | Lady into Fox | Bar aux Folies-Bergère | The Arts Theatre Club, London |
|
27 Dec 1943 Matinee |
Soirée Musicale (in the play 'The Toy Princess') | Valse Noble (in the play 'The Toy Princess') | Coquette (in the play 'The Toy Princess') | Carnival of Animals (in the play 'The Toy Princess') | Dances from Les Sylphides (in the play 'The Toy Princess') | Arts Theatre Cambridge |
|
29 Nov 1944 Evening |
Les Sylphides | Soirée Musicale | Lady into Fox | Simple Symphony* | Theatre Royal, Bristol |
|
21 May 1951 Evening |
Giselle Act 1 | Soirée Musicale | Scherzi della Sorte: Pranks of Fate* | Fate's Revenge* | Theatre Royal, Bath |
|
11 Jun 1986 Evening |
Mercure* | Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan | The Mannequin Dance | 'Unsquare Dance' from 'It's a Raggy Waltz' | 'Popular Song' from 'Façade' | 'Duet' from 'Concertino' | Soirée Musicale | Judgment of Paris | Java | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |