Title: Giselle/Polovtsian Dances, Prince Igor
Date: Friday 15th August 1975, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: London Festival Ballet
Location: Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Composer: Adolphe Adam (Giselle), Alexander Borodin (Polovtsian Dances, Prince Igor)
Choreographer: Mary Skeaping after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa (Giselle), Mikhail Fokine (Polovtsian Dances, Prince Igor)
Production: Mary Skeaping’s 1971 staging for the London Festival Ballet (Giselle), Vassile Trunoff’s staging for the London Festival Ballet (Polovtsian Dances, Prince Igor)
Conductor: Graham Bond
Collection Folder: Folder 27

Cast

Giselle

Giselle: Eva Evdokimova
Albrecht: Peter Breuer
Wilfred, his Squire: John Travis
Hilarion: David Long
Prince of Courland: Terry Hayworth
His Page: Trevor Wood
Bathilde: Linda Darrell
Berthe: Valerie Aitken
Peasant Pas de Deux Soloists: Vivien Loeber, Paul DeMasson
Giselle’s Friends, Vine Gatherers, Court Ladies and Gentlemen: Artists of London Festival Ballet
Myrtha: Manola Asensio
Zulme: Judith Rowann
Moyna: Freya Dominic
Wilis, Gamekeepers: Artists of London Festival Ballet

Polovtsian Dances, Prince Igor

Chief Polovtsian Warrior: Dudley von Loggenburg
Captive Persian Princess: Judith Rowann
Chief Polovtsian Girl: Loma Rogers
Handmaidens: Patricia Merrin, Freya Dominic
Polovtsian Girls: Cheryl Liss, Josephine Jason, Carol Barrett, Cherida Langford, Manelle Jaye, Karen Smith, Jane Ball, Anne Manger
Polovtsian Boys: David Picken, Patrick Wood, Hugh Rathbone, Trevor Wood, John Travis, Rudy Guerin
Polovtsian Warriors: John Tyler, David Long, Gerald Byrne, Geoffrey Wynne, David Radford, Nigel Burgoine, Peter Brennan, Graeme Collins, Richard Sikes, Jeremy Macdonald, Herman Jie, Shane Colquhoun

Orchestra

First Violins:
Donald Weekes (Leader)
Leonard Fisch
Nicholas Dowding
Brian Underwood
Joseph Temple
Alison McAlister
Thelma Paige
Kenneth Thomas
Celia Mitchell
David Edwards
Sylvia Spary
Julie Belson

Second Violins:
Michael Hall
Chumleigh Hind
Bernard Andrews
Clair Renwick
Rupert Scott
Suzanne Swainson
Carol Ballanger
David Lyon

Violas:
Maxwell Ward
Ian Killik
Rosemary Green
Eryl Perkins
Donald Clisby
Norris Bosworth

Cellos:
Dennis Nesbitt
Geoffrey Thomas
Harold Strub
Babette Lichtenstein
Elizabeth Davies
Heather Brearley
Barry Newland
Nancy Neild

Double Basses:
Geoffrey Downs
John Steer
Neil Tarlton
Richard Brown
Paul Wing

Flutes:
Christopher Taylor
Anthea Cox

Piccolo:
Phillida White

Oboes:
Sydney Sutcliffe
James Douglas

Cor anglais:
Jean Marsden

Clarinets:
Keith Puddy
Stuart Allen

Bassoons:
Deidre Dundas-Grant
Anthony Averay

Horns:
James Brown
Andrew Paterson
Anthony Toullis
Francis Brown

Trumpets:
Clifford Haines
Colin Clague

Cornets:
Stephen Hetherington
Nicholas Bomford

Trombones:
David Purser
John Sibley
Andrew Ross

Tuba:
Victor Saywell

Timpani:
Celia Dudley

Percussion:
Kevin Nutty
Edward Cornish
Heather Steedman
Cecil Kearney

Harps:
David Dunn
Isobel Frayling-Cork

Crew

For the Mixed Bill

Design: David Walker
Lighting: Charles Bristow
Designs: After Nicholas Roerich

For London Festival Ballet

Artistic Director: Beryl Grey
Accountant: Peter Morris
Company Manager: Peter Hulme
Assistant Accountant: Ian Baker
Assistant Company Manager: Deborah Higham
PA to Artistic Director: Heather Knight
Ballet Mistress: Joan Potter
Choreologist: Bronwen Curry
Orchestra Manager: Ian Killik
Librarian: Leonard Fisch
Company Pianist: Michael Bassett
Assistant Conductors: James Slater, Robin Barker
Technical Director: Stephen Dunne
Assistant to Technical Director: Margaret Prior
Stage Manager: David Mogridge
Deputy Stage Manager: Julian Meers
Assistant Stage Manager: Michael Beverley
Technical Supervisor: John Berrill
Chief Electrician: David Mohr
Master Carpenter: Glyn Cook
Property Master: Allan Cleary
Assistant Carpenter: David Clark
Assistant Electricians: Ray Purvis, Mike Dawson
Touring Wardrobe Master: David Wishart
Wardrobe Assistants: Mallory Smith, Colin Couch, Pepe Eizaguirre, Teresa Bruty, Brenda Jackson
Chief Scenic Artist: Geoffrey Guy
Resident Costumiers: Banks and Hutchings
Press Officer: Tony Barlow
Publicity Officer: Miriam Smith

Programme Printed By: Thomas Jenkins Printers Ltd.

Notes

Per the cast-insert, Valerie Aitken replaced Alexandra Pickford and Linda Darrell replaced Valerie Aitken in Giselle.