Title: Raymonda Act III/Concerto/The Firebird
Date: Thursday 9th October 2008, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Birmingham Royal Ballet
Location: Birmingham Hippodrome, England
Composer: Alexander Glazunov (Raymonda Act III), Dmitri Shostakovich (Concerto), Igor Stravinsky (The Firebird)
Choreographer: Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa (Raymonda Act III), Kenneth MacMillan (Concerto), Mikhail Fokine (The Firebird)
Production: Revival of 1976 Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet production (Raymonds Act III), Revival of 1967 Royal Ballet Touring Company production (Concerto), 2006 Birmingham Royal Ballet production (The Firebird)
Conductor: Nicholas Kok
Collection Folder: Folder 13

Cast

Raymonda Act III

Raymonda: Nao Sakuma
Jean de Brienne: César Morales
Hungarian Dance: Samara Downs, Robert Parker, Artists of Birmingham Royal Ballet
Grand Pas de deux: Artists of Birmingham Royal Ballet
First Variation: Céline Gittens
Second Variation: Momoko Hirata
Third Variation: Natasha Oughtred
Pas de trois: Sonia Aguilar, Laura-Jane Gibson, Laura Purkiss
Pas de quatre: Joseph Caley, Aaron Robinson, Tyrone Singleton, Kosuke Yamamoto
Fourth Variation: Laëtitia Lo Sardo
Fifth Variation: Nao Sakuma
Sixth Variation: César Morales
Finale: Entire Cast

Concerto

First Movement: Laëtitia Lo Sardo, Joseph Caley
Second Movement: Natasha Oughtred, Jamie Bond
Third Movement: Angela Paul
Three Couples: Sonia Aguilar, Momoko Hirata, Laura Purkiss, Jonathan Caguioa, Feargus Campbell, Aaron Robinson, Artists of Birmingham Royal Ballet

Solo Piano: Jonathan Higgins

The Firebird

The Firebird: Carol-Anne Millar
Ivan Tsarevich: Matthew Lawrence
The Beautiful Tsarevna: Laëtitia Lo Sardo
The Immortal Kostcheï: Valentin Olovyannikov
The Enchanted Princesses: Dusty Button, Gaylene Cummerfield, Samara Downs, Céline Gittens, Dianne Gray, Yvette Knight, Angela Paul, Callie Roberts, Jenna Roberts, Anniek Soobroy, Yijing Zhang, Lei Zhao
Indians, Kostcheï’s Wives, Youths, Kikimoras, the Bolibotchka, Monsters, Attendants, Pages, Cavaliers: Artists of Birmingham Royal Ballet

Orchestra

First Violins:
Robert Gibbs (Leader)
Richard Friedman
Vanessa David
Amanda Brown
Peter Jenkins
Deborah Schlenther
Philip Aird
Caroline Ferriman

Second Violins:
Gwilym Hooson
Rebecca Jones
Mary Martin
Fiona Robertson
Helen Bartlett
Robert Simmons

Violas:
Carmen Flores
Jonathan Hallett
Gruffydd Owen
Chris Pitsillides

Cellos:
James Potter
Andrew Gunn
Jane Rainsey
Stephen Anstee

Basses:
Duncan Mitchell
Alan Taylor

Flutes:
Lynn Peters
Sandra Skipper (Piccolo)

Oboes:
Alaster Bentley
Maxwell Spiers (Cor Anglais)

Clarinets:
Ian Scott
Malcolm McMillan (Bass Clarinet)

Bassoons:
David McKee
Anne Bentley (Contrabassoon)

Horns:
Corinne Bailey
Ian Smith
Phillip Walker

Trumpets:
Michael Allen
Christopher Deacon

Trombones:
Amos Miller
Maxwell Isley
David Gordon (Bass Trombone)

Tuba:
David Gordon Shute

Timpani:
Grahame King

Percussion:
Kevin Early
Paul Parker

Harp:
Lucy Wakeford

Crew

For the Triple Bill

Designs, Raymonda Act III: Barry Kay
Lighting, Raymonda Act III: Peter Teigen
Rehearsal Supervisor, Raymonda Act III: Patrice Bart
Revival Costume Supervisor, Raymonda Act III, The Firebird: Diane Page
Designs, Concerto: Jürgen Rose
Lighting, Concerto, The Firebird: John B. Read
Designs, The Firebird: Natalia Goncharova
Costume Supervisor, The Firebird: Diane Page

For the Birmingham Royal Ballet

Director: David Bintley
Chief Executive: Christopher Barron
PA to the Chief Executive: Louise Timmins
PA to the Director: Judy Taylor
Part-time Administrator: Sam Howe

Communications Director: Keith Longmore
Contracts Director: Jacqueline Mistry
Development Director: Geoff Sweeney
Director of Learning: Pearl Chesterman
Finance Director: Anna Williams
Human Resources Director: Lynn Colledge
Orchestra Director: John Beadle
Technical Director: Paul Grace

Ballet Masters: Alain Dubreuil, Michael O’Hare, Wolfgang Stollwitzer
Ballet Mistress: Marion Tait
Dance Notator/Répétiteur: Denis Bonner
Dance Notator: Patricia Tierney
Video Archivist: David Morse
Principal Pianist: Jonathan Higgins
Company Pianists: Matthew Drury, Julia Richter, Ross Williams
Orchestra Manager: Andrew Bentley
Assistant Orchestra Manager: Chris Lewis
Librarian: Charles Strickland
Touring Library Assistant: Malcolm McMillan
Pit Managers: David Gordon, Gwilym Hooson

Company Manager: Paul Grist
Senior Stage Manager: Diana Childs
Deputy Stage Manager: Eliska Robenn
Assistant Stage Manager: Rosalind Doré
Technical Administrator: Daisy Olsen
Head of Scenic Presentation: Doug Nicholson
Master Carpenter: Pete Read
Senior Stage Technicians: Steven Hegan, Arthur Lewis, Paul Moore
Lighting Design Consultant: Peter Teigen
Acting Head of Lighting: Johnny Westall-Eyre
Senior Lighting Technicians: Chris Hooley, Andy Wilson

Head of Wardrobe: Lili Sobieralska
Deputy Head of Wardrobe: Vanda Hewston
Wardrobe Assistants: Sarah Burton, Stella Mansfield, Chloe Prorok, Joanna Shilton
Shoe Supervisor: Michael Clifford
Wigmaster: Henry Menary
Trainee Wigs Assistant: Lauren Fitzgerald

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Marketing Officer: Georgina Biggs
Press and PR Manager: Angela Hughes
Press and PR Officer: Simon Harper
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