Title: Suite en Blanc/Les Mirages/Les Indes Galantes/Le Palais de Cristal
Date: Thursday 30th September 1954
Type: Ballet
Company: Ballet du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris
Location: Royal Opera House, London, England
Composer: Édouard Lalo (Suite en Blanc), Henri Sauguet (Les Mirages), Jean-Philippe Rameau (Les Indes Galantes), Georges Bizet (Le Palais de Cristal)
Choreographer: Serge Lifar (Suite en Blanc, Les Mirages), Harald Lander (Les Indes Galantes), George Balanchine (Le Palais de Cristal)
Production: Original 1943 production (Suite en Blanc), Original 1947 production (Les Mirages), 1952 full revival of 1735 ballet (Les Indes Galantes), Original 1947 production (Le Palais de Cristal)
Conductor: Robert Blot
Collection Folder: Scrapbook #1

Cast

Suite en Blanc

Eveil: Rita Thalia, Josette Amiel, Colette Even
Pas de Trois: Yvette Chauvire, Michel Renault, Max Bozzoni
Variation: Madeleine Lafon
Pas de cinq: Claude Bessy, Raymond Franchetti, Michel Descombey, Roland Duflot, Monsieur Touroude
La Cigarette: Josette Clavier
Marzuka: Youly Algaroff
Adage: Liane Dayde, Serge Lifar
La Flufe: Yvette Chauvire
Final: Ensemble

Les Mirages

The Shadow: Yvette Chauvire
Love: Claude Bessy
The Chimera: Madeleine Lafon
The Young Man: Michel Renault
The Merchant: Max Bozzoni
The Moon: Micheline Grimoin
Courtesans: Rita Thalia, Mademoiselle Rigel
Merchants: Messieurs Blanc, Parres
Shepherds: Messieurs Jodel, Duthoit
Female Ensemble: Mademoiselles Rayet, Even, Grimoin, Serval, Million, Deleplanque, Collement, Vauchelle, Maid, Bertheas, Maximy, Audoynaud, Bertagnol, Bozet, Garry, Motte, Manal, Montbazon, Delini, Poncet, Depalle, Bianchi, Davry, Castanier, Delaubier, Foret, Souard, Granelli, Jouanchim, Javillard, Palkina, Dubarry, Bassi
Male Ensemble: Messieurs Franchetti, Descombey, Duflot, Touroude, Auburtin, Lefevre, Dussaigne, Mayer, Parres, Pomie, Reschal, Herault, Romand, Jamet, Haemmerer, Plessy, Labis, Duchene

Les Indes Galantes

Chant: Janine Michael
The Rose: Micheline Bardin
The Butterfly: Liane Dayde
Zephyr: Michel Renault, Claude Bessy, Josette Amiel
The Persian: Pierre Lacotte
Boreas: Raoul Bari
Female Ensemble: Mademoiselles Rayet, Rigel, Thalia, Million, Deleplanque, Collement, Grimoin, Vauchelle, Naud, Bertheas, Maximy, Audoynaud, Bertagnol, Bizet, Garry, Motte, Manal, Montbazon, Poncet, Bianchi, Davry, Depalle, Castanier, Delaubier, Foret, Souard, Granelli, Jouachim, Javillard, Palkina, Dubarry, Bassi
Male Ensemble: Raymond Franchetti, Messieurs Duflot, Descombey, Auburtin, Lefevre, Dussaigne, Mayer, Reschal, Herault, Haemmerer, Plessy, Labis, Duchene

Le Palais de Cristal

First Movement: Madeleine Lafon, Youly Algaroff, Messieurs Franchetti, Descomby, Mademoiselles Maximy, Montbazon, Gerodez, Motte, Foret, Delaubier

Second Movement: Christiane Vaussard, Max Bozzoni, Messieurs Touroude, Jodel, Mademoiselles Deleplanque, Million, Collement, Vauchelle, Naud, Audoynaud, Bizet, Manal

Third Movement: Micheline Bardin, Michel Renault, Messieurs Duflot, Blanc, Mademoiselles Even, Serval, Bertheas, Bertagnol, Delini, Garry, Castanier

Fourth Movement: Josette Clavier, Pierre Lacotte, Messieurs Duthoit, Lefevre, Mademoiselles Rayet, Rigel, Poncet, Bianchi, Davry, Depalle, Souard

Orchestra

First Violins:
Charles Taylor (Leader)
Arnold Cole
Edward Bryett
George Hallam
Albert Curran
Anthony Connery
Alexander Rosdol
Max Jekel
Reginald Crick
Philip Boothroyd
Reginald Hill
Sydney Marcus
John Fisher

Second Violins:
Reginald Boothroyd
Bernard Gould
Jack Musikant
Eric Bowie
Rowland Sirrell
James Buyers
Louis Yffer
Edward Patston
John Woolf
George Whitaker

Violas:
Maurice Ward
Jeremy White
Lawrence Lackland
William Krasnik
John Denman
Benedict James
Peter Barbirolli
Norman Grove

Cellos:
Kenneth Heath
Jack Francis
Edward Robinson
Louis Bontoux
Frederick Ormondroyd
Gordon Fernyhough
Rowland Carr
Alexander Cameron

Basses:
Victor Watson
Ronald Robinson
Frank Fuller
Frederick Wigston
John Cooper
Jack Colin

Flutes:
Harold Clarke
Alexander Murray
Derek Honner (Piccolo)

Oboes:
Robert Cattermole
Donald Bridger (Cor Anglais)
John Barnett
Arnold Fawcett (Cor Anglais)

Clarinets:
Olive Wright
Bernard Bree (Bassett Horn)
R. Temple Savage (Bass Clarinet, Bassett Horn)

E flat Clarinet:
Stanley Tringham

Bassoons:
Archie Camden
William Waterhouse

Contra Bassoons:
Vernon Elliott

Horns:
Colin Hinchcliff
Frances Bradley
Anthony Tunstall
Roger Rutledge
Patrick Strevens
Denis Mason

Tubas:
Denzil Floyd
James Burditt
Roger Rutledge
Raymond Bryant

Trumpets:
David Mason
Harry Dilley (Cornet)
Raymond Allen (Cornet)

Trombones:
Christopher Devenport (Alto Trombone)
Evan Watkin (Bass Trumpet)
Francis Stead

Bass & Contrabass Trombone:
Haydn Trotman

Bass Tuba:
James Gordon

Timpani:
Alan Taylor
Jack Wilson
Reginald Barker

Percussion:
Reginald Barker
Reginald Rashleigh
Jack Wilson
Jack Wakeley

Harp:
Reginald Gibbs

Celesta:
Norman Feasey

Crew

For the Mixed Bill

Scenery and Costumes, Les Mirages: A.M. Cassandre
Scenery Builder, Les Mirages: Oreste Allegri
Scenery and Costumes, Les Indes Galantes: Moulène, Fost
Scenery and Costumes, Le Palais de Cristal: Léonor Fini

For the Ballet du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris

Maîtres de Ballet: Albert Aveline, Serge Lifar, Harald Lander
Directeur de Scene: Andre Lejeune
Regisseur: Jules Oudart
Chef des Choeurs: Rene Duclos
Regisseur des Choeurs: Jean Demagny
Chef de Chant: Monsieur Picard
Chef Décorateur: Maurice Moulene
Chef Machiniste: Andre Guillardeau
Chef Électricien: Jean Fontes
Chef Costumier: Madame Vatriquant

For the Royal Opera House

General Administrator: David L. Webster
Deputy General Administrator: Sir Steuart Wilson
House Manager: Neville Coppel
Box Office Manager: Derek Wilson
Technical Director: John Sullivan
Production Assistant: David Garratt
Chief Machinist: Horace Fox
Chief Electrician: William Bundy
Property Master: Edward Blatch
Resident House Engineer: Sydney T. Cheney
Orchestra Porter: Thomas Neville

Notes

Original owner of the programme marked cast changes in pen. Josette Clavier replaced Nina Vyroubova in Suite en Blanc, and Claude Bessy replaced Micheline Bardin in Les Mirages