Title: Concerto Barocco/Rashomon/The Dream
Date: Thursday 11th May 1978, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet
Location: Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, England
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (Concerto Barocco), Bob Downes (Rashomon), Felix Mendelssohn (The Dream)
Choreographer: George Balanchine (Concerto Barocco), Lynn Seymour (Rashomon) Frederick Ashton (The Dream)
Production: 1977 Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet Production (Concerto Barocco), Original 1976 production (Rashomon), Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet production (The Dream)
Conductor: Colin Metters
Collection Folder: Folder 27

Cast

Concerto Barocco

Dancers: Judith Rowann, Derek Purnell, June Highwood, Jacqueline Elliott, Claire Farnsworth, Sherilyn Kennedy, Jennifer Mills, Janis Parsons, Vicki Powell, Siobhan Stanley, Chenca Williams

Solo Violins: Geoffrey Grey, Ian Kaznowski

Rashomon

Bandit: Desmond Kelley
Wife: June Highwood
Husband: David Ashmole

The Dream

Titania: Christine Aitken
Oberon: Alain Dubreuil
Changeling Indian Boy: Anish Chandaria
Puck: Kim Reeder
Bottom: Ronald Emblen
Rustics: David Bintley, Stephen Speed, Douglas Vardon, Paul Waller, Stephen Wicks
Helena: Judith Rowann
Hermia: Vyvyan Lorrayne
Demetrius: Peter O’Brien
Lysander: Murray Kilgour
Peaseblossom: Sherilyn Kennedy
Cobweb: Nicola Katrak
Moth: Susan Burton
Mustardseed: Petal Miller
Fairies: Artists of the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

Orchestra

First Violins:
Geoffrey Grey (Leader)
Ian Kaznowski
Melita Bridgehouse
David Greed
Rebecca Wade
Stephen Kear
Fiona Love
Trevor Addison
Suzanne Barean
Helen Brown

Second Violins:
Bridget Proctor
June Wilson
Dianne Youngman
Elizabeth Spurrell
Geoffrey Hawcutt
Carole Ballenger
Elisabeth Baldey
Jane Margeson

Viola:
Stephen Gorringe
Judith Wolfenden
Ambrose Miller
Russell Guyver
Ursula Stedman
Mary Hunt

Cellos:
Ann Barber
Deborah Ann Johnstone
Julia Normon
Nicholas Boothroyd
Eileen McCarhy

Bass:
Duncan Mitchell
Ronald Dunning
Ian Anderson

Harp:
David Dunn

Flutes:
Patrick Williams
Keith Bragg
Clarissa Melville

Oboes:
Paul Arden Taylor
Jane English
Ann Greene

Clarinets:
Tom Whitestone
Malcolm McMillan
Terence Busby

Bassoons:
Michael Cole
Ann Bentley
Felix Warnock

Horns:
Stephen Reading
William Haskins
Christopher Tilbury
Peter Dyson

Trumpets:
Malcolm Woodhouse
David Batstone
Garry Ruddock
Howard Hawkes

Trombones:
Colin Gummer
Maxwell Isley
Andrew Martin (Tuba)

Timpani:
Stephen Webberley

Percussion:
John Beadle
Polly Whiteley
Nick Coles

Crew

For the Triple Bill

Staging, Concerto Barocco: Patricia Neary
Design, Rashomon: Pamela Marre
Lighting, Rashomon: David Hersey
Costumes, The Dream: Peter Farmer
Music Arranging, The Dream: John Lanchbery

For The Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet

Director: Peter Wright
Assistant Director: John Auld
Company Manager: Christopher Nourse
Guest Teacher: Christine Anthony
Assistant Ballet Mistress: Jeanetta Laurence
Dance Notators: Deborah Chapman, Elizabeth Cunliffe
Company Pianist: Hilary Bell
Rehearsal Pianist: Stephen Lade
Orchestra Manager: Clarissa Melville
Assistant Orchestra Manager: Ambrose Miller
Librarian: Malcolm McMillan
Orchestra Porters: Stephen Kear, David Batstone
Press Officer: Jose Phillips
Physiotherapist: Britt Tajet-Foxell
Secretary: Alison Palmer
Stage Manager: Andis Marton
Master Carpenter: John Hart
Chief Electrician: John Hall
Assistant Carpenter: Pat Carroll
Assistant Electrician: Peter Langford
Wardrobe Mistress: Lili Sobieralska
Wardrobe Assistants: Brian Ferguson, Briar Brownson, Louise Champion, Ian Morris, Jennifer Nicholas, John Vieira
Wigmaster: Henry Menary

For the Sadler’s Wells Theatre

General Manager: Derek Westlake
Financial Controller: Joseph Karaviotis
House Manager: John Gourley
Box Office Manager: David Piper
Stage Director: Paul Richardson
Chief Electrician: Terry Moakes
Press Representative: Claire Thornton
Catering Manager: Andreas Karaviotis
Archivists: Raymond Mander, Ian Mitcherson
Display Lighting Associates: Peter Burian Associates