Title: Ballet Imperial/Daphnis and Chloë/Donald of the Burthens
Date: Saturday 9th February 1952, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Sadler’s Wells Ballet
Location: Royal Opera House, London, England
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Ballet Imperial), Maurice Ravel (Daphnis and Chloë), Ian Whyte (Donald of the Burthens)
Choreographer: George Balanchine (Ballet Imperial), Frederick Ashton (Daphnis and Chloë), Léonide Massine (Donald of the Burthens)
Production: 1950 Sadler’s Wells Ballet production (Ballet Imperial), Original 1951 production (Daphnis and Chloë), Original 1951 production (Donald of the Burthens)
Conductor: Ronald Irving
Collection Folder: Folder 3

Cast

Ballet Imperial

Dancers: Violetta Elvin, Kenneth Melville, Rosemary Lindsay, Nadia Nerina, Pauline Clayden, Bryan Ashbridge, Philip Chatfield, Anya Linden, Christine Du Boulay, Diane Forhan, Catherine Boulton, Dorothea Zaymes, Wendy Winn, Greta Hamby, Jill Gregory, Angela Walton, June Lesley, Rosemary Valaire, Mary Drage, Anne Heaton, Joan Benesh, April Olrich, Valerie Taylor, Douglas Steuart, Henry Legerton, Gilbert Vernon, Desmond Doyle, William Barrett, Peter Clegg

Solo Pianist: Jean Gilbert

Daphnis and Chloë

Chloë: Margot Fonteyn
Daphnis: Michael Somes
Lykanion: Violetta Elvin
Dorkon: Philip Chatfield
Bryaxis: Alexander Grant
Pan: Alfred Rodriques
Nymphs of Pan: Rosemary Lindsay, Julia Farron, Pamela May
Shepherdesses: Christine Du Boulay, Greta Hamby, Mary Drage, Wendy Winn, Rosemary Valaire, April Olrich
Shepherds: Bryan Ashbridge, Donald Barclay, Leslie Edwards, Desmond Doyle, Gilbert Vernon, Kenneth Melville
Pirates: William Barrett, Antony Manning, Peter Clegg, Henry Legerton, Ray Powell, John Sale, Douglas Steuart, Keith Milland
Pirate Women: Anya Linden, Dorothea Zaymes, Fiorella Keane, Catherine Boulton, Joan Benesh, Angela Walton, Valerie Taylor, June Lesley

Singers: Covent Garden Opera Chorus

Donald of the Burthens

Donald: Alexander Grant
Death: Beryl Grey
Waulking Song: Diedre Dixon, Joan Benesh, Shirley Bateman, Wendy Winn, Catherine Boulton, June Lesley, Anya Linden, Angela Walton, Rosemary Valaire, Mary Drage, Valerie Taylor, Yvonne English
The Mother: Julia Farron
Three Goat Men: Ray Powell, Henry Legerton, Donald Barclay

The King: Leslie Edwards
The King’s Guest: Julia Farron
Lament: Christine Du Boulay, Diane Forhan, Greta Hamby, Valerie Taylor, Joan Benesh, Wendy Winn, June Lesley, Rosemary Valaire, Mary Drage, Catherine Boulton, Yvonne English, Diedre Dixon, Anya Linden, Dorothea Zaymes, Shirley Bateman, Angela Walton
Sword Dance: Brian Shaw, Gilbert Vernon, Keith Milland, John Sale, Desmond Doyle, William Barrett, Bryan Ashbridge, Douglas Steuart, Peter Clegg
Four Knights: Ray Powell, Antony Manning, Henry Legerton, Donald Barclay
Country Dance: Avril Navarre, Jill Gregory, April Olrich, Anne Heaton
Children: Joan Blakeney, Helen Trevor, Judith Sinclair, Shirley Bateman, Donald Kilgour, David Shields
Porters: Henry Naughton, Colin Worth, Johaar Mosaval, Russell Kerr
Finale: Full Company

Piper: Angus MacAulay
Singer: James MacPhee

Crew

For the Triple Bill

Scenery and Costumes, Ballet Imperial: Eugene Berman
Scenery and Costumes, Daphnis and Chloë: John Craxton
Lighting, Daphnis and Chloë: Louis Yudkin
Scenery and Costumes, Donald of the Burthens: Robert Colquhoun, Robert MacBryde

Costume Making, All Ballets: Olivia Cranmer
Scenery Building, All Ballets: Edward Waldron
Scenery Painting, Ballet Imperial, Donald of the Burthens: Clement Glock
Headdress Making, Ballet Imperial: Hugh Skillen
Scenery Painting, Daphnis and Chloë: John Craxton, Clement Glock
Fabric Dyeing and Painting, Daphnis and Chloë, Donald of the Burthens: Barbara Ternouth, Beatrice Bendelow
Property Making, Daphnis and Chloë, Donald of the Burthens: Jack Lovell
Chorus Master, Covent Garden Opera Chorus: Douglas Robinson
Traditional Step Supervision, Donald of the Burthens: John Armstrong, Elma Taylor

For the Sadler’s Wells Ballet

Director: Ninette de Valois
Musical Director: Robert Irving
General Manager: Herbert Hughes
Maître de ballet: Harijs Plucis
Stage Manager: Michael Manuel
Assistant Ballet Mistresses: Elizabeth Kennedy, Thekla Russell
Accompanists: Hilda Gaunt, Jean Gilbert

For the Royal Opera House

General Administrator: David L. Webster
Deputy General Administrator: Steuart Wilson
House Manager: Neville Coppel
Box Office Manager: Derek Wilson
Stage Director: Louis Yudkin
Production Manager: John Sullivan
Orchestra Manager: Morris Smith
Orchestra Leader: Thomas Matthews
Librarian: R. Temple Savage
Chief Machinist: Horace Fox
Chief Electrician: William Bundy
Property Master: Jack Lovell
Resident House Engineer: Sydney T. Cheney

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