Title: Sleeping Beauty
Date: Between 1st June 1976 and 17th July 1976
Type: Ballet
Company: London Festival Ballet
Location: London Coliseum, England
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreographer: Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa
Production: Rudolf Nureyev’s 1975 staging of his 1966 production
Conductor: David Coleman
Collection Folder: Folder 27

Cast

Act 1

King Florestan: Donald Barclay
The Queen: Linda Darrell
Catalabutte, Master of Ceremonies: Terry Hayworth
Divertissements-
Principal Dancer: Judith Rowann
First Variations: Freya Dominic
Second Variation: Manelle Jaye, Cheryl Liss
Third Variation: Vivien Loeber
Fourth Variation: Karen Smith
Fifth Variation: Loma Rogers
Sixth Variation: Judith Rowann
Cavaliers: Frederic Werner, Nigel Burgoine, Kenneth McCombie, Kenn Wells, Kerrison Cookie, Peter Mallek, Juan Sanchez
Carabosse: Liliana Belfiore
Lilac Fairy: Valerie Aitken
Princess Aurora: Patricia Ruanne
Her Suitors: Paul Clarke, Dudley von Loggenburg, Kerrison Cooke, John Travis
Her Fräuleins: Freya Dominic, Roberta Walker, Andria Hall, Kathleen Munson, Vivien Loeber, Loma Rogers, Manella Jaye, Cheryl Liss

Act 2

Prince Florimund: Rudolf Nureyev
Duke: David Long
Duchess: Freya Dominic
Counts: John Travis, Kenneth McCombie, Geoffrey Wynne, Peter Jolesch, Nigel Burgoine
Countesses: Kathleen Munson, Raya Lee, Suzanne Burch, Wendy Woodbridge, Amanda Maxwell
Valet: Michael O’Gorman
Lilac Fairy: Valerie Aitken
Princess Aurora: Patricia Ruanne
Naiads: Artists of London Festival Ballet

Act 3

King Florestan: Donald Barclay
Queen: Linda Darrell
Sarabande: Artists of London Festival Ballet
Polacca: Artists of London Festival Ballet
Diamonds: Judith Rowann, Kenneth McCombie
Silver: Freya Dominic
Gold: Diane Hunwin
Emerald: Roberta Walker
Bluebird: Nicholas Johnson
Princess Florine: Vivien Loeber
Pussycats: Anne Manger, John Travis
Princess Aurora: Patricia Ruanne
Prince Florimund: Rudolf Nureyev
Finale: Full Company

Orchestra

First Violins:
Donald Weekes
Leonard Fisch
Nicholas Dowding
Thelma Paige
Joseph Temple
Alison McAlister
Chumleigh Hind
Ronald Lockwood
David Edwards
Julie Gelson
Sylvia Spary
Helen Brown

Second Violins:
Brian Underwood
Harry Nathan
Rupert Scott
Avril Carnalt
John Hartley
Clair Renwick
Bernard Andrews
Carol Ballanger
David Lyon
Gillian Bailey

Violas:
Maxwell Ward
Ian Killik
Rosemary Green
Eryl Perkins
Donald Clisby
Norris Bosworth
Pauline Mack
Luciano Jorrio

Cellos:
Dennis Nesbitt
Geoffrey Thomas
Harold Strub
Babette Lichtenstein
Michael Fuller
Elizabeth Davies
Nancy Neild
John Sharpe

Double Basses:
Geoffrey Downs
John Steer
Neil Tarlton
Nick Wooters
Warwick Ross

Flutes:
Phillida White
Anthea Cox

Piccolo:
Enid Sibley

Oboes:
Sidney Sutcliffe
James Douglas

Cor anglais:
Jean Marsden

Clarinets:
Stuart Allen
Paul Allen

Bassoons:
Anthony Averay
Michael Parkinson

Horns:
James Brown
Andrew Paterson
Michael Baines
Francis Brown

Trumpets:
Clifford Haines
Nicholas Bomford

Trombones:
John Sibley
Michael Crowther
Andres Ross

Tuba:
Victor Saywell

Timpani:
Heather Steedman

Percussion:
Kevin Nutty
Edward Cornish
Harry Smaile
Cecil Kearney

Harp:
David Dunn

Piano:
Michael Bassett

Crew

For Sleeping Beauty

Producer: Rudolf Nureyev
Designs: Nicholas Georgiadis
Lighting: John B. Read

For London Festival Ballet

Artistic Director: Beryl Grey
Finance Controller: Peter Morris
Company Manager: Peter Hulme
Assistant Company Manager: Deborah Higham
House Services Manager: Ian Baker
PA to Artistic Director: Heather Knight
Choreologist: Bronwen Curry
Principal and Solo Pianist: Michael Bassett
Company Pianist: Henry Roche
Orchestra Manager: Ian Killik
Librarian: Leonard Fisch
Technical Director: David Mogridge
Assistant to Technical Director: Maudie Fletcher
Stage Manager: Julien Meers
Deputy Stage Manager: Victoria Wakley
Assistant Stage Manager: Martyn Barlow
Technical Supervisor: John Berrill
Chief Electrician: David Mohr
Master Carpenter: David Clark
Assistant Carpenter: David Thompson
Property Master: Allan Cleary
Assistant Electricians: Ray Purvis, Mike Dawson
Touring Wardrobe Master: David Wishart
Wig Mistress: Marian Street
Wardrobe Assistants: Bernadette King, Colin Couch, Kim Baker, Pepe Eizaguirre, Teresa Bruty, Brenda Jackson
Lighting Consultant: John B. Read
Chief Scenic Artist: Geoffrey Guy
Scenic Artist: Roy Hardy
Assistant Scenic Artist: Alison Hardy
Resident Costumiers: Banks and Hutchings
Press and Publicity Officer: Tony Barlow
Marketing Officer: Dick Matchett
Archivist: John Travis
Special Projects Office: Denise Fiennes

For London Coliseum/English National Opera

Chairman: Kenneth Robinson
Managing Director: Lord Harewood
Administrative Director: Rupert Rhymes
Technical Director: James Sargant
House Manager: Kenneth Baird
Deputy House Manager: Roger Taylor
Box Office Manager: James Clark
Press Officer: Helen Salomon
Publicity Officer: Angus Watson

Programme Printed By: Thomas Jenkins Printers Ltd.

Notes

No specific date is given, but this performance was part of the Nureyev Festival, which lasted from 1st June-17th July 1976