Title: Swan Lake
Date: Monday 10th February 1969, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Royal Ballet
Location: Royal Opera House, London, England
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreographer: Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Additional Choreography: Frederick Ashton, Rudolf Nureyev
Production: 1963 Royal Ballet Production
Conductor: John Lanchbery
Collection Folder: Folder 22

Cast

Odette/Odile: Margot Fonteyn
Siegfried: Rudolf Nureyev
Rothbart: Keith Rosson
Queen Mother: Gerd Larsen
Lord Chamberlain: Leslie Edwards

Act I Scene I-
Waltz: Vergie Derman, Rosalind Eyre, Laura Connor, Ria Peri, Christine Beckley, Deirdre O’Conaire, David Drew, David Gayle, Dennis Griffith, Paul Brown, Frank Freeman, Petrus Bosman
Pas de Quatre: Ann Jenner, Jennifer Penney, Keith Martin, Michael Coleman

Act I Scene II-
Cygnets: Carole Hill, Avril Bergen, Suzanna Raymond, Lesley Collier
Swans: Deanne Bergsma, Monica Mason, Vergie Derman, Christine Beckley

Act II-
Princesses: Deirdre O’Conaire, Rosalind Eyre, Vergie Derman, Darryl Jaffray, Ria Peri, Betty Kavanagh
Czardas: Ann Howard, Keith Martin, Patricia Linton, Dianne Horsham, Avril Bergen, Lesley Collier, Gary Sinclaire, John Haynes, Frank Freeman, Wayne Sleep
Spanish Dance: Monica Mason, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Petrus Bosman, David Drew
Neapolitan Dance: Ann Jenner, Alexander Grant
Mazurka: Julie Wood, Christine Beckley, Elaine Thomas, Laura Connor, Christopher Newton, Ronald Plaisted, Paul Brown, David Gayle

Act III-
Swans and Cygnets: Artists of the Royal Ballet

Townspeople, Palace Guards, Courtiers, Rothbart’s Attendants, Guests: Artists of the Royal Ballet

Orchestra

First Violins:
Charles Taylor (Leader)
George Hallam
William Peri
James Davis
Patricia Lovell
Joyce Nixon
Max Jekel
Rolf Wilson
Anthony Valente
Geoffrey Price
Philip Boothroyd
John Woolf
Alan Sloan
John Reid
Elizabeth Richardson
Violet Pusey

Second Violins:
Reginald Boothroyd
Sydney Partington
Jack Musikant
Leonard Worsley
Nicholas Darby
Bernard Gould
Edward Patston
Prunella Sedgwick
Reginald Crick
Edmund Reid
Sydney Marcus
Denis Vine
Barbara Chipper
Ivor Lester

Violas:
Jeremy White
Arnold Newnham
Benedict James
John Forrester
John Hall
John Marshall
John Denman
Robert Hope Simpson
Peter Barbirolli
Allen Thomas
Jacynth Cleminson

Cellos:
Anthony Pini
Karel Horitz
Frederick Ormondroyd
Gordon Fernyhough
John Sephton
Phyllis Campbell
Lionel Alberts
John Whittaker
Judith Lenton
Lewis Tomlin

Basses:
Frederic Wigston
John McCormack
Albert Hayward
John Bakewell
Nathaniel Paris
Adrian Biggs
Ronald Robinson
Michael Rousell

Flutes:
Oliver Bannister
William Morton
Donald Davidson (Piccolo)
John Bowler (Piccolo, Bass Flute)

Oboes:
John Barnett
Alan Wardley
Donald Bridger (Cor anglais)
Anthony McColl (Cor anglais)

Clarinets:
Ian Herbert
Maurice Cody
Colin Parr (E flat Clarinet)
Frederick Lowe (Bass clarinet)

Bassoons:
Roger Hagger
Robert Bourton
Fritz Berent (Contrabassoon)
Donald Reid

Horns:
Anthony Tunstall
Barry Castle
Christopher Satterthwaite
Frank Rycroft
Kenneth Shaw
Colin Hinchliff

Trumpets:
Harry Dilley
William Houghton
Graham Whiting (Cornet)
Denis Wedgwood (Cornet)

Trombones:
Harold Nash
David Chandler
John Edney

Bass Trombone/Contrabass Trombone:
Haydn Trotman

Bass Tuba:
John Jenkins

Timpani:
Alan Taylor
Bernard Harman

Percussion:
Reginald Barker
Reginald Rashleigh
Jack Wakeley
Bernard Hayman
Denis McCarthy

Harps:
David Watkins
Hilary Wilson

Celeste:
Ivor Lester

Orchestral Attendants:
John Parker
Ernest Pollikett

Crew

For Swan Lake

Music Editor: John Lanchbery
Scenery and Costumes: Carl Toms
Lighting: William Bundy

For The Royal Ballet

Director: Frederick Ashton
Manager: Vernon Clarke
Ballet Mistress: Jill Gregory
Principal Teacher: Gerd Larsen
Teachers and Répétiteurs: Desmond Doyle, Leslie Edwards, Ronald Hynd, Brian Shaw
Assistant Ballet Mistress: Elaine Thomas
Dance Notators: Faith Worth, Christopher Newton
Principal Pianist: Anthony Twiner
Music Staff: Robin Barker, Hilda Gaunt, Michael Hyatt
Orchestra Director: John Murphy
Orchestra Manager: Honor Thackeray
Librarian: R. Temple Savage
Stage Managers: A. David Mogridge, Richard Gregson
Deputy Stage Manager: Armand Gerrard

For The Royal Opera House

Stage Director: William Bundy
Assistant Stage Director: John Healey
Chief Machinist: Edwin Lilly Jnr.
Chief Electrician: Bill McGee
Property Master: Alfred Berrill
Technical Director: John Sullivan
Wardrobe Director: Morgan Rendell
Senior Scenic Artist: Peter Courtier
Production Assistant: Norman Dixon
Head Tailor: Kurt Jennings
Wigmaker: Albert Sargood
Assistant House Manager: Trevor Jones
Resident House Engineer: Sydney T. Cheney
Box Office Manager: David Jackson

Programme Printed By: Thomas Jenkins Printers Ltd., Huggins House, 108 Weston Street

Notes

Signed By: Frederick Ashton, Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, Robert Mead, Jennifer Penney, Michael Coleman, Ann Jenner, Donald MacLeary, Alexander Grant, Leslie Edwards, Ronald Hynd, Derek Rencher, Christopher Newton, Michael Somes, Brian Shaw, Elaine Thomas, Carole Hill, Avril Bergen, Merle Park, Svetlana Beriosova, Christine Beckley, Rosalind Eyre, Georgina Parkinson, Deanne Bergsma, Antoinette Sibley, Deirdre O’Connaire, Ria Peri, Diana Vere, Monica Mason, Julie Wood, Gerd Larsen, Desmond Doyle, Hilary Tickner, Bridget Goodricke, John Lanchbery