Title: The Golden Cockerel/Etudes
Date: Wednesday 27th April 1977, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: London Festival Ballet
Location: London Coliseum, England
Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (The Golden Cockerel), Carl Czerny (Etudes)
Choreographer: Nicholas Beriozoff after Mikhail Fokine (The Golden Cockerel), Harold Lander (Etudes)
Production: Revival of Nicholas Beriozoff’s 1976 production for the London Festival Ballet (The Golden Cockerel), Revival of the 1955 London Festival Ballet production (Etudes)
Conductor: Graham Bond
Collection Folder: Folder 27

Cast

The Golden Cockerel

The Golden Cockerel: Liliana Belfiore
Astrologer: Kenn Wells
Queen of Shemakhan: Suzanne Oram
King Dodon: Nigel Burgoine
General Polkan: Terry Hayworth
Prince Guidon: Kerrison Cooke
Prince Afrone: Alain Dubreuil
King’s Nurse: Kathleen Munson
Scaramouches: Trevor Wood, Peder Lewin, Hugh Rathbone
Attendants to the Queen: Leigh Matthews, Robert Craset, Rodolfo Lastra, John Travis
Messenger: Johnathan Ellingham
Boyars: Shane Colquhoun, John Carney, James Supervia, Marc de Graef, Jean Louis Cabane, Bertrand Perreau, Jeremy MacDonald, John Willans, Howard Miller, Philip Devonshire
King’s Servant Girls: Valerie Aitken, Freya Dominic, Gwendoline Edmonds, Andria Hall, Diane Hunwin, Keri Stewart, Linda Darrell, Roberta Walker, Caroline Humpston, Suzanne Burch, Raya Lee, Jane Salier
Queen’s Entourage: Sheryl Stone, Mary Caldwell, Anthea Neal, Janette Mulligan, Margot Clarke, Vanessa Millar, Nicola Wilde, Wendy Hubbard, Wendy Woodbridge, Mary McKendry, Katrina Todd, Anya Gilbert
Queen’s Guards: Anne Manger, Amanda Wenban, Nicola Wilde, Anya Gilbert, Christine Keith, Wendy Hubbard

Etudes

Dancers: Eva Evdokimova, Peter Breuer, Peter Schaufuss, Frederic Werner, Manelle Jaye, Vivien Loeber, Christine Keith, Cheryl Liss, Suzanne Oram, Roberta Walker, Andria Hall, Diane Hunwin, Kathleen Munson, Freya Dominic, Janette Mulligan, Anthea Neal, Amanda Wenban, Katrina Todd, Caroline Humpston, Margot Clarke, Suzanne Burch, Sheryl Stone, Raya Lee, Jane Salier, Vanessa Millar, Anya Gilbert, Wendy Hubbard, Phillipe Arrona, Nigel Burgoine, John Travis, Marc de Graef, Jean Louis Cabane, Robert Craset, Geoffrey Wynne, Philip Devonshire, Shane Colquhoun, John Whillans, Rudolfo Lastra, Michael Pink

Orchestra

First Violins:
Donald Weekes (Leader)
Leonard Fisch
Nicholas Dowding
Thelma Paige
Chumleigh Hind
Alison McAlister
Alla Sharova
Sylvia Spary
Keith Lewis
Julie Gelson
Louis Harris
Joseph Temple

Second Violins:
Brian Underwood
David Edwards
John Hartley
Rupert Scott
Suzanne Bareau
Carol Ballanger
Ronald Lockwood
Gillian Bailey
Susan Borrett
Alan Pook

Violas:
Maxwell Ward
Ian Killik
Luciano Iorio
Donald Clisby
Eryl Perkins
Norris Bosworth
Roger Worthington
Paul Morris

Cellos:
Dennis Nesbitt
Geoffrey Thomas
Babette Lichtenstein
John Sharp
Jeremy Ard
Tina McCrae
Nancy Reid
Darrell Davison

Basses:
Guy Henderson
Ronald Smith
Andrew Baker
Simin Benson
Christopher Freeman

Flutes:
Phillida White
Enid Sibley

Piccolo:
James Gregory

Oboes:
Sidney Sutcliffe
James Douglas

Cor anglais:
Jean Marsden

Clarinets:
Stuart Allen
Angela Fussell

Bass clarinet:
Paul Allen

Bassoons:
Anthony Averay
Michael Parkinson

Contra bassoon:
Valerie Watts

Horns:
James Brown
Andrew Paterson
Michael Baines
Francis Brown

Trumpets:
Clifford Haines
Alan Handy

Cornets:
Nicholas Bomford
Patricia Reid

Trombones:
John Sibley
Michael Crowther
Andrew Ross

Tuba:
Victor Saywell

Timpani:
Heather Steedman

Percussion:
Kevin Nutty
Edward Cornigh
Harry Smaile
Cecil Kearney
Peter Fry

Harps:
David Dunn
Isobel Frayling-Cork

Piano/Celeste:
Michael Bassett
Kevin Darvas

Crew

For the Mixed Bill

Orchestrations, The Golden Cockerel: Geoffrey Corbett
Scenery and Costumes, The Golden Cockerel: André Delfau after Nathalie Goncharova
Lighting, The Golden Cockerel: John B. Read

For London Festival Ballet

Artistic Director: Beryl Grey
Administrative Director: Paul Findlay
Finance Controller: Peter Morris
Assistant to the Artistic Director: Heather Knight
Assistant to the Administrative Director: Geoffrey McNab
Company Manager: Peter Hulme
Deputy Company Manager: Deborah Higham
House Services Manager: Ian Baker
PA to the Administrative Director: Janet Fairweather
Choreologist: Bronwen Curry
Company Pianists: Michael Bassett, Kevin Darvas
Orchestra Manager: Ian Killik
Librarian: Leonard Fisch
Technical Director: David Mogridge
Assistant to Technical Director: Mandy Fletcher
Stage Manager: Victoria Wakley
Deputy Stage Manager: Jane Crosby
Assistant Stage Manager: John Tyler
Production Consultant: Ray Dixon
Lighting Consultant: John B. Read
Technical Supervisor: John Berrill
Wardrobe Supervisor: Kim Baker
Chief Electrician: David Mohr
Deputy Chief Electrician: Ray Purvis
Assistant Electrician: Mike Dawson
Master Carpenter: David Clark
Assistant Carpenter: David Thompson
Property Master: Allan Cleary
Touring Wardrobe Master: David Wishart
Wig Mistress: Marian Street
Wardrobe Assistants: Teresa Bruty, Colin Couch, Pepe Eizaguirre, Gay Hinton, Bernadette King, Mallory Smith, Kay Stables
Scenic Artist: Roy Hardy
Assistant Scenic Artists: Ian Fogden, Alison Hardy
Resident Costumier: Gordon Hutchings
Press and Publicity Officer: Tony Barlow
Marketing Officer: Dick Matchett
Special Projects Office: Denise Fiennes
Archivist: John Travis

For London Coliseum

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

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